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Title: the essence of a lost youth&#65533;s plight
Review: Holden Caulfield carried around a lot of emotionalbaggage for one so young ( sixteen ). His growing painswere overwhelming at times as he was entering manhood;his rite of passage, if you will. He saw his older brotherJ B the writer as a total sellout for becoming a hack writerin Hollywood. Holden loved his younger sister Phoebe. Hethought she was wicked smart. He still mourned his littlebrother Allie who had died of leukemia. Holden had a hardtime handling Allie's death. Somehow he just didn't seemto fit in anywhere. He had a problem dating girls his ownage. He fought with his roommate. His grades were failingat his second prep school of which he was asked to leave.Holden Caulfield didn't seem to really belong anywhere!I think that Salinger has nailed it in this novel. He hascaptured the essence of a lost youth's plight. A great read.
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