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   Holden looks up to Carl Luce, a former schoolmate of Holden's when he attended the Whooten School.  Luce is older than Holden.  He was,  in fact, very excited to meet him because he really needed to talk to someone about how he was feeling about being kicked out of Pencey Prep. But when he tries to talk to Carl Luce about his problems, Luce is not interested in listening to Holden complain.  He recommends that Holden see his father a psychoanalyst for help.

   Instead of talking about Holden's problems, Holden grills Luce on his romantic life, getting very personal with his questions about his sex life with his Oriental girlfriend.  Luce gets really mad at Holden and has no interest in spending any more time with him than necessary. 

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   Posted by pmiranda2857 on Saturday January 10, 2009 at 8:49 AM