Holden Caulfield's Attempt Into Maturity Through Phony

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Especially his infamous roommate Stradlater, and a loser of a next door neighbour Ackley. Holden's phony addiction gets him into trouble with Stradlater, only leading to his "down fall"....that is to the dorm floor when he loses the fist fight match against Stradlater...
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Holden looks for the flaw in everyone and tries to eliminate that person that he sees as a threat. So, Holden decides to face off against the phony Stradlater to take out revenge for Stradlater apparently giving Jane Gallagher - an old next door neighbour when Holden was a child - the time of her life in the back of Ed Banks' car...
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