Holden Caulfield-the Thinking Man

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He wants to be positive, and her wants to work with and for the positive, and yet he is continually drawn to the negative aspects of life. In one scene he is at a food stop eating, when two nuns approach him. Even though they didn't ask for money, Holden donates $10 from his fast depleting funds...
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Nevertheless, he is drawn to the negative aspects of life too. He hires prostitutes, he gets into fights, and he become terribly over-intoxicated. Another example of the positive/negative struggle is one dealing with his "love life". Holden is always thinking of his legendary Jane Gallagher (mentioned "legendary" because throughout the course of the novel, the reader never meets face-to-face with Jane, but only hears hearsay information about her), and his fingers are always itching to phone her and ask her to get together with him...
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