say the least. Franny with her constant repetition of the Jesus prayer, and Holden with his strange adventures in New York City. But both are sensitive and appear to be struggling with life and Salinger emphasises their sensitivity by contrasting them with insensitivity. In Franny's case it's her self-centred boy friend, Lane, who likes nothing better than to talk about himself, and in Holden's case the traditions and hypocrisy of elite private schools and New England society. His school motto was "Since1888 we have been molding boys into splendid, clear thinking young men." Holden's views are as follows, "Strictly for the birds. They don't do any damn more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." He s
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