Repetition in the Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, is characterized as an immature, opinionated, underachieving individual with severe emotional problems. ... Holden's mind drifts to an incident at Elkton Hills, a school that he attended, where a boy named James Castle made a comment about another boy at the school. The second boy became offended and confronted Castle; the end result of the entire incident was that Castle jumped from his room to his death (221). ... Salinger, J.D. the Catcher in the Rye. ...

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In the book Catcher In The Rye Salinger creates a very peculiar atmosphere which features the star character, Holden Caufield, as a young troubled boy and his relationships with many different characters that in their own way shape the kind of person that Holden is. ... Antolini "was the only person who ever got close to James Castle." ...

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