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"Certain things, they should stay the way they are."

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He seemed to put no effort into school and when he got kicked out it was like he wanted us to sympathize him. He blames his issues on others and calls them "phonies" to hide his true identity of being a phony himself and clearly thinks he is superior to others

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Holden is afriad of being portrayed at sensitive or weak, so he hardly shares his emotions with readers, and always tries to act cool and tough. “I could hardly keep my voice from shaking all over the place.”

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He has plenty to say about every character he has brought up, whether or not they're described in a good or bad light. He talks about their looks a lot, and a little bit about their personality.Then he kind of analyzes how he feels about them or if he's jealous of them or feels bad for them...etc.

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Even though he is technically the main character, he thinks that the world revolves around him and

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Holden is flunking out of school and he doesn't show much concern about it at all, his response is , “I don’t care much. I mean I’m not going to be a goddam surgeon or a violinist or anything anyways.” (44)

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“and I lay on my bed and lit a cigarette. You weren't allowed to smoke in the dorm, but you could do it late at night when everybody was asleep or out and nobody could smell the smoke” (23)

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When Holden's younger brother Allie passed away, Holden says that he "even tried to break all the windows on the station wagon". It seems as though he has some unresolved feellings and has not gotten the right closure for his brother's passing.

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He tries to piss Stradlater off.
“and I lay on my bed and lit a cigarette. You weren't allowed to smoke in the dorm, but you could do it late at night when everybody was asleep or out and nobody could smell the smoke” (23)

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It seems as if Holden is still sad about the death of his brother, and even said that he didn't mind that his hand wouldn't function as it had been due to him punching windows

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Holden seems to be moody all the time, which displays the phrase "moody teenager". He

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As we know his brother, whom he admired passed away. This gives a more insightful look at Holden because we can see that this grief has caused him to bottle up his pain and act irrationality. (punching Stradlater, being judgemental.)

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Holden doesn't often show emotions at all towards others except if it's anger.

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In the midst of getting expelled from his fouth school, he really doesn't understand himself, "friends," or family and doesn't know what he wants to do with the rest of his life.

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All his thoughts an actions are all over the place and fast.

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When Holden got into the fight with Stradlater he looked at himself in the mirror and said, "All that blood and all sort of made me look tough". He later admitted that he "is not too tough".

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Holden seem very jealous of Stradlater because of how he looks, and also because he got to go on a date with Jane.

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Holden struggles to express his emotions in other ways besides violence.

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"the next thing I knew, I was on the goddamn floor and he was sitting on my chest, with his face all red" (24)

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Holden always seems to speak of others negatively. I haven't heard him compliment someone once, without an insult directly after.

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He acted fast when Stradlater said something about the assignment. Instead of getting mad and ripping the assignment up, he should've explained to Stradlater what the meaning behind the baseball mitt was.

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He is quick to lash out at Stradlater because he was treating Jane like she was just some other girl.

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Holden is very stubborn and often won't agree with others because of it.

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depending on Holden's mood, he acts differently, when he is serious, he doesn't care about anything else except the situation at hand. He can also change this mood depending on the situation.

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He broke all of the windows of his house when his brother died and expressed that he was diagnosed with anger issues.

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Repeatly, Holden uses agression, violence and destruction to resolve emotions. He often reaches a breaking point and acts out. “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the  windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.”

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he says everything he thinks to the reader

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"I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful."

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Holden is quick with his actions, shows that he will do something with out even thinking.

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When he was talking about Old Selma Thurmer, he described her looks first and her personality was kind of an after thought. "She had a big nose and her nails were all bitten down and bleedy looking and she had on those damn falsies that point all over the place

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“I don’t even remember where I was sitting when he came in- at the window, or in my chair or his. I swear I can’t remember”(40).

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He tries to sheild himself from the pain or dissapointment of the adult world.

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He knew Stradlater was stronger and bigger, but still tried to fight. " “This next part I don't remember so hot. All I know is I got up from the bed, like I was going down to the can or something, and then I tried to sock him, “ (24).

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He is only reserved with is emotions not his actions. He stated that he was almost bawling while in a fight with Stradlater, but he kept up his defensive front.

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He says he is a pacifist but his actions say otherwise because of his fight with Stradlater

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Holden usually gives us a description of a character that we're introduced to. He tends to point out negative things about people, especially in appearance sometimes.

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”I asked Mal if he minded if Ackley came along with us. The reason I asked because Ackley never did anything on Saturday night, except stay in his room and squeeze his pimples or something.”(Salinger 20)*PDF

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When Stradlater starts talking about Jane, Holden gets aggressive which shows

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He often lies about his true feelings with people and himself.

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Holden is very quick with his actions and sometimes does them without even thinking. For example, when he tore up the english assignment that he wrote for Stradlater just because he said it wasn't good enough.

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¨Besides, I did it to annoy Stradlater" After getting upset, he purposely annoys Stradlater to upset him back. In this instance he acts really immature.

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He puts on the attitude that he doesn't care about anything and that he won't go anywhere in life. I think this is because people have told him this and he starts to believe it. His own father said that he acts like he's 12 and Stradlater said he couldn't do one thing right.

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Holden but can be applied to him. He looks at the world around him as completely negative except only certain situations that pertain
to him. He holds others to higher standards then he holds himself. - Alex

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It seems like Holden does not appreciate company and he likes his alone time. For example, he got very upset when Ackley came into his dorm and said he did not want his company.

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Writes a heartfelt composition about Allie, his brother who died and also gets into a fight with Stradlater due to him treating Jane like she was just some other girl.

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Holden isn't honest with himself, an example of this is when