Is Holden Caufield a sufficiently interesting Character to be the hero of the novel?

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Is Holden Caufield a sufficiently interesting

Character to be the hero of the novel?

  In “Catcher in the Rye”, Holden Caufield is in some respect portrayed as a spoilt rich kid because he is talking about lots of different schools that he has been to. But he also seems down to earth because he is aware of his surroundings and he gives away his money freely to charities “They let me give them 10 bucks as a contribution.” However he does seem to care a bit about his money because when he was asked by Maurice is he wanted a girl for a throw and he said that it would cost 5 bucks, Holden didn’t mind too much. But when later on that evening when Maurice and Sunny (the girl) came back wanting 5 more dollars Holden then got in a fight with Maurice, “Leave me alone. If you’d said 10, it’d be different. But you distinctly-”

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  I think that the contradictions in his behaviour and attitudes are the signs of him making a genuine struggle to make sense of his world and to sort out what’s worthwhile in life. An example of this happening is when he meets up with Sally and she suggests “Let’s go ice-skating at Radio City” and he couldn’t think why she came up with lots of diverse ideas “that’s the kind of ideas she always had.” However at the end of that chapter he thinks back to earlier on when he asked her if she would go with him to ...

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