Salinger created a literary piece that was completely unique. The

first person view of the 17-year-old, Holden Caulfield. The majority of

Holden's rudimentary monologue of 'complexly simple' thoughts, the rest

previous dialogue. That and the use of unique punctuation, digressing

complex characterization, transformed the simple plot into the complex

The novel's dialogue and monologue alike, manage to relay the feel of

"I mean you'd be different in some way - I can't explain what I mean."

The contractions; you'd and can't - since they are common in everyday

very common and simple tone. Stress on the first syllable of

demonstrating how typically they speak, just as in reality. He uses

signaling associative digressions. Instead of signaling pauses, commas

mechanically required, for instance:

"So all of a sudden, I ran like a madman across the street - I d***

want to know the truth - and went in this stationary

human nature, pretensions, and thought processes. However, despite his

Holden do but blindly play the game in the rye field, right beside his cliff

The children represent all of his problems running rampid in his game

and to his association of people of morals looking down on those who

charge, and him the lone "big" person, express him as being souly in

everyone on the basis of dress, status, and looks. The thoughts of

"But life is a game boy. Life is a game that one must play by the rules."

OCD is characterized by obsessive thoughts and their motivation of

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Approximate Word count = 1426
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)