1. Discovering Fate in Literature
... experiences, Kathy, on the other hand, had a relatively decent childhood while living at Hailsham. For Holden, his traumatic event was the death of his younger brother; when he is doing Stradlater's homework at the beginning of the book, Holden remarks about his brother Allie, "He's dead now. He got leukemia and died when we were up in Maine, on July 18 ... of "wherever it was I wanted to be." Kathy submissive demeanor is a result of her close-knit community at Hailsham, there she was taught that what was they were doing was good, and since everyone else conceded to this, she felt no re...
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