Holden Is a Pathetic Character

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In the real world, most individuals are pathetic due to the fact they cannot cope with a situation themselves without any help from other. Holden has no relationship with females, he cannot fight his own battles and sadly, Holden has no one to turn to when he is upset. In the novel, ‘The Catcher of the Rye’ by J.D Salinger, the main character Holden, is a pathetic character. This is because, of his lack of romance, lack of close friends/family and of course his inability to cope with the current situation. Holden lacks of romance. Holden says throught out the book he wants to give Jane a buzz, but he ends up not calling her. He keeps on thinking about her, developing feelings for Jane but does nothing about it. “I started toying with the idea, while I keep standing there, of giving old Jane a buzz, I mean calling her long distance at B.M., where she went instead of calling up her mother to find out when she was coming home. You weren’t suppose to call students up later at night, but I had it all figured out. I was going to tell whoever answered the phone that I was her uncle. I had a accident and I had to speak to her immediately. It would’ve worked too. The only reason I didn’t do it was because I wasn’t in the mood. If you’re not in the mood, you can’t do that stuff right.” (Salinger, 63) Holden has no relationship with females, even when he put in effort in talking to a female he gets rejected. “I have a hundred and eighty bucks in the bank. I can take it out when it opens in the morning, and then I could go down and get this guy’s car. No kidding. We’ll stay in these cabin camps and stuff like that till the dough runs out. Then when the dough runs out, I could get a job
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