After annotating a short passage from “The Catcher in the Rye”, by J.D. Salinger, I’m going to make an inference about the main character named Holden Caufield. With hardly any attention from his parents, Holden has some attachment issues. So far in the story, Holden’s parents have hardly been mentioned and are known to be out of town. After leaving Pencey early, he decides to stay at a hotel before going home, knowing that his parents won’t care that he’s gone. Therefore, when he gets close to someone he finds it hard to let them go like his parents constantly toss him aside. In one case Holden claims, “If I get a chance to remember that kind of stuff, I can get a good-by when I need one-at least, most of the time I can.” (Salinger 4) Holden’s
