Paranoid Holden Caufield
...esting is the fact that he paid so much attention to such small details and then, even more mind blowing, remembered them. For example, he remembers the fact that she wouldn’t move any of her kings during a checker game (pg.31). Seriously, who remembers stuff like that? Only some one who has an extreme interest for that person. Another thing I found interesting was the fact that he’d paid such close attention to her childhood. If you read close enough you can detect some sympathy and even concern in Holden’s tone when he relates her story to Stradlater. You can also detect a sense of him being offended after he remarks on what a lousy childhood Jane had… “That didn’t interest Stradlater, though. Only very sexy stuff interested him.”(Pg.32). So why is he so interested in Jane? What it is about her that strikes him so? I believe it’s the fact that he feels that Jane has a more pitiful life than his own. Thus, I believe he felt drawn to her by her vulnerability. The fact that S...