The World Through Holden Caulfield's Eyes
             When writing a novel, the author has the option of using the first or third person narrative. In The Catcher in the Rye, J.K. Salinger creates Holden Caulfield in the first person. As we go from one adventure to the next, we see everything that happens from Holden's point of view. This helps to make him a sympathetic character.
             Throughout the novel, Holden Caulfield has a constant inner monologue which reflects on everything that's going on in his life. By listening to this monologue, we have an unobstructed view into his mind and the way it works. This is demonstrated when he tells us how people want him to act his age. "...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." (9) This particular bit of personal wisdom Holden shares with us greatly helps us in identifying with his character. The concept of a child criticizing adults for their behavior is common in reality but it literature is often expressed with the idea of "that's the way I thought before I became wise." Rarely is the situation seen from the perspective of the wayward but eloquent adolescent. In other words, he reveals the perversity of adult thought for all to see, something with which fellow adolescents can easily identify. Sometimes Holden, using his inner monologue, analyzes a hypothetical situation. While he's walking in the city without his gloves, he ponders what he would do if he found the boy who stole them. Upon finding the gloves in the thief's closet, he decides that he would probably make a few threats but not do anything violent. "It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. Maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves." (89) Holden&apo
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