“IF YOU REALLY want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is were I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” Holden Caulfield is the troubled teenage protagonist in the novel …showed first 75 words of 553 total…

…showed last 75 words of 553 total…that was there everyday is an enormous change. Deaths can be very traumatizing. Perhaps that is the reason Holden is so strongly against change, because of his brother Allie’s death. Holden Caulfield is a flat, static character. His life experiences have been a great influence, and formed Holden into the person he became. He refuses to grow from this point. His experiences have left psychological scars in his mind, and they are outstandingly noticeable.