Catcher In The Rye Personal Narrative

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When I was around two years old I had this painting set that I always used. One day I thought it would be really fun to paint my entire body with the paint so I took a paintbrush and started painting my body. Not realizing how illogical my idea was, I started walking all throughout the house leaving a trail of little baby paint footprints. After I had my fun with my rainbow body, my mom took me to the upstairs bathroom to wash off the paint. Sadly, I stayed a shade of green on my stomach for about three days. To this day, I do not understand why I made such a foolish decision to cover myself with paint and I look back on my two year old self and the only feeling that comes to mind is disappointment. While I certainly regret making such a foolish …show more content…
While Holden was at the train station he was at a phone booth and there he ponders on who he should call. After many moments of thinking Holden, "thinks of calling this girl [he] used to go around with quite frequently, Sally Hayes, [...] but [he] was afraid her mother'd answer the phone." (67). Because Holden couldn't make up his mind about who to call and he kept thinking of the negative outcomes that might occur when he calls them, Holden never actually calls his friends or family because he is too "afraid" of what will happen. The fact that Holden is "afraid" of the outcomes of his decisions goes to show that his choices way heavy on his conscience and he is scared that if he calls and someone picks up, then he won't know what will happen afterwards. Later on in the story he will end up regretting the decision to not call one of his friends or family members because he will feel lonely and lost. After being alone for a long time, Holden agrees to pay for a prostitute to cheer him up. Once the prostitute arrives, Holden feels a change in heart and says to the prostitute, "I thought I'd be feeling a lot better than I do. I was a little premature in my calculations." (109). The word premature portrays the meaning of acting before thinking. Holden decides
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