The Catcher In The Rye

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step is smoking.
Teenage smoking in New Zealand is very common, 31% of teenagers in New Zealand are regular smokers, the smoking age between Holden and New Zealand teenagers is the same but now you get teenagers that start smoking below the age of 17. The schools are common places for smoking these days, they usually do it in the toilets, school hockey turf's or where teachers never do their duties. Holden smokes a lot in the book and he does it sometimes when he gets depressed.


Depression was a big problem with Holden, whenever he got depressed he tends to turn to his younger siblings for support. Thinking of Allie makes Holden feel better, when Holden checks into the hotel and starts to feel depressed, the first person he wants to call is Phoebe but then he decides not too because it is so late. " But I certainly wouldn't have minded shooting the old crap with Poebe for a while (pg. 67)". That's his example of close younger sibling relations. Holden depression problem ...

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