sm to the apparently homosexual Mr. Antolini. The novel, like any
             other, was devoured and picked apart piece by piece. One of the most widespread criticisms of
             The Catcher in the Rye deals with the adolescence and repetitive nature of the main character,
             Holden Caulfield. Anne Goodman commented that in the course of such a lengthy novel, the
             reader would weary of a character such as Holden. Goodman wrote "Holden was not quite so
             sensitive and perceptive as he, and his creator, thought he was" (Goodman20). She also remarked
             that Holden was so completely self-centered that any other characters who wandered through the
             book, with the exception of Holden's sister, Phoebe, had no authenticity at all. She wrote of
             Salinger's novel: "The Catcher in the Rye is a brilliant tour-de-force, but in a writer of Salinger's
             undeniable talent one expects something more" (Goodman 21). Goodman did have a point in the
             fact that Holden was something of an over-developed character. He described himself early in the
             novel, and with the sureness of a "wire recording," (Goodman 20) he remained strictly in
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