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numerous literary devices in lend an entertaining and realistic air to s
story of his breakdown.bombards the reader with various literary techniques as we are introduced
to Holdens personality and situation.
One literary technique is , which
Salinger uses a lot, since Holden compares people and situations quite a bit. For example,
Holden compares a fellow student to a toliet seat, saying,
That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddamn toliet seat.
Salinger uses a simile (using the
words like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things) here. There is also a bit
of (using words to express something that is the opposite of their
literal meaning) here, since toliet seats are not sensitive. Holden compares Morrow to the
toliet seat to emphasize that he is not truly sensitive.
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