or physically straining moments. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden

Caulfield suffers much verbal abuse, as well as physical. Both forms

of the abuse, combined with other factors, eventually leads Holden to

suffer a mental breakdown. Holden's actions prove that ** "A blow

from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue smashes

Holden experiences several fights throughout the story. Near

the beginning, he begins a struggle with Stradlater, his roommate,

over his friend's date, Jane Gallagher. Holden was upset to learn that

the couple were alone in a car, knowing Stradlater's sexual history.

Holden's mind chooses to push out the incident, so it is foggy in his

head. But all he knew was, he tried to hit Stradlater but missed.

After the miss, Stradlater proceeded to climb on top of Holden and

take hold of his wrists, not letting him up. Stradlater dug his knees

deep into Holden's chest to keep him from moving. This seemed to

go on for "around ten hours". When Stradlater finally gave in and let

wallet and pulls out another five. Sunny starts out the door, but

times. He even had the indecency to read Holden his own paper, the

for Holden. Afterwards, although Holden was somewhat offended by

felt. All he knew was that he could hardly breathe. Halfway to the

visit to his favorite teacher, Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer's attitude was

The reader is able to interpret through Holden's thoughts and

emotional blows meant much more. He was able to basically ignore

the prospect of a prostitute. Holden reluctantly agrees to a throw,

extra amount, assuring the girl that he was told a throw was only five

directly over to Ackley's room, not even stopping to wipe up his nose.

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