I'd only been in about two fights in my life, and I lost both of them. ... He fantasizes about being shot and seeks revenge. ... Holden sees Jane as a sensitive, imaginative girl who transcends the cruelty of life. ... For the simple fact the James Castle died in Holden's sweater symbolizes Holden's concern about protecting the innocence. ... While talking to Carl Luce, Holden wonders if he needs psychoanalysis because he has difficulty being intimate with a girl unless he really cares about here. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is very vague about his childhood, however, because his parents are very touchy when it comes to personal information. ... He even thought about jumping out of the window but he did not because he did not want people crowding around his body. ... This shows that Holden is so obsessed with phoniness that he cannot even have a conversation without thinking about it. ... So he called another person who was not really a friend, but Holden thought they could have a "slightly intellectual conversation" (Salinger, 136). ... He tried to talk to Valencia (the singer at the bar), her piano player and...

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• Grade Level: High School