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The Catcher In the Rye: First Person Narration is Critical


In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, the first person narration
is critical in helping the reader to know and understand the main character,
Holden Caulfield. Holden, in his narration, relates a flashback of a
significant period of his life, three days and nights on his own in New York
City. Through his narration, Holden discloses to the reader his innermost
thoughts and feelings. He thus provides the reader not only with information of
what occurred, but also how he felt about what happened.
Holden's thoughts and ideas reveal many of his character traits. One
late Saturday night, four days before the beginning of school vacation, Holden
is alone, bored and restless, wondering what to do. He decides to leave Pencey,
his school, at once and travels to New York by train. He decides that, once in
New York, he will stay in a cheap motel until Wednesday, when he is to return
home. His plan shows the reader how......

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