Thursday, April 30, 2009

Double Personality

I have been noticing that Holden seems to have 2 different personalities. To some people, when they think of 2 personalities they think of someone that may be nice in front of those older than him or her but when it comes to his peers he or she suddenly changes to a "bad" person. I don't necessarily think that this is the case. I do realize that he smokes, lies and swears and does some things that make him seem as "bad" when he is around his friends or those more his age. But when he met the nuns he didn't totally change into this angelic boy who sings in his church choir and volunteers at the humane society. He was being real! He was still smoking and was honest somewhat honest about Romeo and Juliet. So to me he seems to be more real to those who are older than him than to those his age. I feel that when he is with his peers he tries to act tough. That is why it was such a shock that he cried when Maurice and Sunny took his money. I realize that it was probably more than this but this is the first time that I actually saw that there was more to him than this big tough guy that he tries to portray. Obviously this can change, and I have a feeling i will probably feel something different after he has his date with Sally, but for now I think that there is more than one side to this Holden Caulfield.

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