Tuesday, November 11, 2014

What is the turning point in the novel?It seems like there are multiple turning points, but i need to choose only one.

You certainly have a wide range of
choices.


I would probably pick one of the
following:


When Mr. Antolini (if I am remembering
correctly) comes out of his bedroom and touches Holden's head and Holden freaks out.  At
this point he had begun to trust him a little bit and felt like he was actually in a
safe place, but then his paranoia kicks in really hard again and he is off and running
mumbling about how everyone is a pervert or a phony.


The
interaction between him and the prostitute and then her pimp.  I don't think Holden ever
intended to sleep with her, but it brings him so close to the contradiction in the way
he views himself and his actual self that you might say he really falls off the cliff
afterwards.

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