" 'They really will. This is about the fourth school I've gone to.' I shook my head. I shake my head quite a lot 'Boy!' I said. I also say 'Boy!' quite a lot. Partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes. I was sixteen then , and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen. It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head-the right side-is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid. And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve. Everybody says that, especially my father. It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true. I don't give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am-I really do-but people never notice it. People never notice anything." pg. 9
I picked this passage because, again it tells us what type of person Holden is. He tells us about his physical appearances and also about how he acts. He is going to be going to his fifth school pretty soon and is seventeen years old but acts like a thirteen year old. He sounds pretty carefree to me. I think that he just doesn't want to obey any rules because he thinks that people are annoying.
-Do you think that Holden will mature throughout the book?
Amanda Brandell
I feel as though at this point in the novel, Holden is truly at a time in which he wants people to think he does not care about life. However, I predict that somehow, Holden will emerge out of his shell, and release his inner strength in which I believe he has always held. This will show a large value of maturity; as Holden will hopefully be able to establish himself as an individual who applies himself in everyday life.
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