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"The Catcher In The Rye"     In the refreshing The Catcher In The Rye we read near a cardinal year older boy namedHolden Caulfield. The report card starts off telling us about how he gets kicked out of a preppyHigh School and uses his parents coin to move to New York. Throughout the story wesee Holden expressing different types of nature The one he shows the world, which Ibelieve is that he is an quick younker man that doesnt try, who he imagines he is, whichis a depressed mortal who is looking for companionship, and who he really is, a sacredkid who who doesnt know what he wants out of life.     Holden went to Pencey Prep., which is a High School in Agerstown Pennsylvania.He was thrown out of the school because he was failing nigh all his classes except forEnglish. Holden has the ability to pass his classes and even with good grades scarcely hedoesnt apply himself. This is what Holden shows the world, he is capable of pas sing andis intelligent but doesnt try. They gave me frequent warning to start applyingmyself-especially around midterms,...but I didnt do it. (Salinger 4) Also as Holden talksthroughout the story we can tell that he is very intelligent because of the way he describeseverything, even though his grammar isnt so well.     Underneath Holdens portrayal of being this kid who just doesnt try I think inside hethinks he is depressed and doesnt care about anything. He gets kicked out of High Schooland doesnt try to go to another one, instead he goes to New York looking for finish up and traveling form touchstone to bar for people to talk to. He winds up talking with people he reallydoesnt give care because he is just looking for companionship, like the three girls he met inthe bar and the taxi cab driver who he talks to about what happens to the tilt in the lakewhen it freezes. He even hires a prostitute to have sex but winds just talking to her aboutnothing because e ssentially he wants to a friend. He says to the prostitute Dont you feellike talking for a while (Salinger 95)     In my opinion, Holden is really scared of life. He doesnt know what he wants outof it and he is afraid that if he tries to get what he wants he will screw it up. For exampleHolden asks old Sally to run away with him and settle down in Vermont or Mass.