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He can never hold on to anyone he cares about; so he always finds a way to ruin the relationship by escaping, or destroying it. Nash Burger says that, "Holden's mercurial changes of mood, his stubborn refusal to admit his own sensitiveness and emotions, his cheerful disregard of what is sometimes known as reality are typically and heart breakingly adolescent"(New York Times 14)...
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He also easily mocks certain people and the way they act. On teachers Holden feels that, "You don't have to think to too hard when you talk to a teacher"(Salinger 13). When his sister asks him if he would want to become a lawyer like his dad, he replies by saying, "Lawyers are all right, I guess-but it doesn't appeal to me...
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