That."(Holden, 3) He doesn't care what people think about his so he chooses to wear an outlandish hat. He is also self-conscious about the hat; he doesn't like to wear it when he gets around people he knows. This goes with Holden's main conflict in life and that is isolation from the social world to his need and drive for companionship. It's also unusual that the color of his hat is red which is the same color of Phoebe and Allie's hair. This shows that he still wants to have contact with them. He wants to connect to them because he feels that those two are really the select few Holden can connect with.

Holden hates the conflict between him and other people. He is also troubled by the unexpected death of Allie so he is afraid that when he does get close to them that they might pass away like his sister. Probably one of the more obvious symbols is the ducks in the central park lagoon. Holden's curiosity about where the ducks go during the winter reveals the youthful character and that he still has some youth left in him.

temptations of growing up. He wants to catch them before they fall out of innocence into the adult world, including knowledge of sex, drugs, and other bad things.

Holden and his wild ways are tamed a little bit by his younger sister Phoebe Caulfield. Phoebe is basically the mature one in the difficult situations always telling Holden what to do and when to do it. She is extremely judgmental of Holden and his choices; she always plays the bias one. Phoebe plays hit safe with Holden and usually second guesses his some times derelict decisions. Phoebe makes Holden's picture of childhood seem over simplified and exaggerated. Holden flabbergast his mind to Phoebe all the time about the world and Phoebe downsizes his views and brings him

The painfulness of growing up for Holden has also affected him in his later years. Holden has a hard time growing up he doesn't want to mature and become an adult so he tries to avoid it. Instead of admitting how scared and cowardly he is

Characterization is apparent in the story just the way Holden's the main character develops and is combined with the rest of the characters. All of the characters are slowly built up throughout the story, piece by piece they are formed

always speaking his opinion and saying his two cents. Holden feels that if he does this it will downsize them and make his ego look better than the theirs. He's two-faced and multi-opinionated. One minute Holden will be talking about sex and playing "paddy cake" with girls but he always seems to chicken out of the situation. Just like when the door man ordered the hooker to come in his room but Holden copped out.

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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)