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~ Doesn¶t want to talk about child hood
~ Seems lonely
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~ Calls people phonies
~ He has feelings for Jane
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~ Doesn¶t want him to join going to the movies
~ Writes a poem for Stradlater to give to Jane about Allie but Stradlater
doesn¶t understand how much that poem meant to Holden and neglects it
and gets Holden upset
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~ Leaving Pencey prep yelling insult down the hallway
~ Flirts with Mrs. Morrow
~ Wants to call someone but not man enough to do it

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~ By this point in the novel, it¶s clear that loneliness is at the heart of Holden¶s
problems.
~ When he arrives in New York, it is already quite late in the evening, but he
wants to go on a quest for interaction with someone.
~ His call to Faith Cavendish in Chapter 9 hinted at Holden¶s desperation²
calling a girl you¶ve never met in the middle of the night is not quite normal²
but here we see the depth of Holden¶s feelings of loneliness .
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~ Holden really shows that he is immature and that he is trying to be
something he is not, trying to seem mature to others.
~ Going to night clubs
~ Goes in Ernie¶s ( bar)
~ Smoking
~ Talks with nuns about Romeo and Juliet