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him “I’d like to put some sense in that head of yours, boy. I’m trying to help you. I’m trying to help you, if I can” (14). But the fact of the matter is he can’t help him, Holden has to help himself. The drive to succeed has to come from within him, “I mean you can’t hardly ever do something just because somebody wants you to” (185). In order for Holden to succeed he has to want it for himself. The only problem being Holden is unable to will him into doing anything he is not genuinely interested in, therefore missing out on further knowledge he could acquire that would truly entice him. Holden gives up on school because he fears if he were to bestow his efforts upon his undesired subjects he would consequently become one of the ‘phonies’ he had spent his entire life hating.
But like Mr. Antolini tells him,
You’re a student – whether the idea appeals to you or not. You’re in love with ...

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a few other people such as his little sister, Phoebe, and Jesus; everyone else was in the other group”. Being the reason that he felt, “people were always ruining things for you” (87). Only, Holden can not understand that everything he hates in other people was really inside of himself. He is a hypocrite and unable to self-reflect. As he continues to build up his hatred for the people around him, he fails to notice the seclusion he is forcing upon himself. As a result of Holden’s alienation Mr. Antolini feels Holden is headed for a terrible fall. “This fall I think you’re riding for – it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The ...

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