Holden also gets addicted to a substance, but not drugs. He gets addicted to alcohol. .
Holden Caulfeild, although underage, finds comfort in getting intoxicated. He finds that .
he can be somebody he isn't when under the influence of alcohol. He tries to fins bars .
that will not ask for identification so he can have a few drinks.
"Boy, I sat at the goddam bar till around one o"clock or so, getting drunk as a .
bastard." (Salinger, 150).
These addictions that both "Anonymous" and Holden have started, are of means of .
escaping reality. They want their life to be something they can look forward to.
Holden Caulfeild drinks alcohol because it gives him a sense of excitement. He also .
escapes reality by pretending to be someone he is not. He pretends to be a gunshot victim .
most of the time, with Jane Gallagher aiding him by his side. He finds company in this .
and often humors himself with this role playing.
.
"about halfway to the bathroom, I sort of started pretending I had a bullet in my .
guts Then I"d crawl back to my room and call Jane and have her come over and .
bandage up my guts. I pictured her holding a cigarette for me to smoke while I was .
bleeding and all. (Salinger, 104).
This is like "Anonymous" because she also finds comfort in escaping reality. .
Except she finds drugs to help her get away.
"Anonymous" finds a sense of belonging when she takes drugs. The pressures of .
school, life and her parents slowly drift away with each shot she makes. She is accepted, .
a feeling she doesn't know quite how to handle since she has felt like an outcast all her .
life. She sees life in a different perspective. .
"I looked at a magazine on the table, and I could see it in 100 dimensions. It was .
so beautiful I could not stand the sight of it and I closed my eyes. Immediately I was .
floating into another sphere, another world, another state. Things rushed from me and at .
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