Part one: 1. Holden’s Hunting cap: His hat is something that makes him stand out from the crowd and society. To Holden, wearing his hat says that he’s not going to be like all the rest of the phonies. It’s also something that he really likes and he constantly talks about it being different. On page 22 he refers to his hat as a “people shooting hat”, meaning he shoots people down when he …showed first 75 words of 6445 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6445 total…likes it there and describes it ‘nice and peaceful’, then all of a sudden he turns to see scribbles on the wall in red crayon that says, ‘Fuck You’. The quote on the exam is like Holden’s whole view on life, people spend their lives searching for a place that’s nice and peaceful, only to find out there isn’t any. Or, it may not even refer to merely a place, but everything.