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How old is Holden in "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Question #72010. Asked by luvtheheaven.
Last updated Sep 30 2016.

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Holden Caulfield is 16 or 17 years old depending on where in the book you are talking about. He is narrating as a 17 year old about when he was 16.

Page 9: "I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen. It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head – the right side – is full of millions of gray hairs."

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Caulfield
Response last updated by Terry on Sep 30 2016.
Nov 04 2006, 1:50 PM
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