There are many things in the book that make it hard to believe that everything happens in the story is exactly the way that Holden describes it. Since the writer wrote this book in a first-point of view, there are many things that Holden doesn't know. For instance, what happened after he fell in a faint in the park. From the book we can see that Holden is not a reliable narrator, not only because his thoughts about something is not always right, also because he doesn't tell us something detailed. For instance, sometimes when we read about a person, like the person live in Princeton and gave him the number to call Faith the prostitute, he never told us who is this guy and how he met him. And for something that we can see very obvious, he also doesn't tell more. For instance, he never talks about why he hates the catholic, what was his childhood looked like, and how he knows the guy live in Princeton. The author tells the reader that there's more to the story than what Holden is telling us by saying something not very clear through Holden's tone of view. The things Holden doesn't tell us are all the examples of it.
I think one thing that is apparently be hidden by Holden is his feeling to Jane. He thinks that he likes Sally for her beautiful appearance, and he mentions that he think Jane is a good girl. And I would say this is the only time in this book that Holden would say a girl is good except his sister Phoebe, who is absolutely an amazing sister for him. From this we can see that Holden has a special feeling to Jane, however, in the book, he never admits that. He thinks of the old time when he and Jean were still neighbors, they would play chess together and talk about something interesting. When Holden heard that Stradlater would date Jane, he was not that angry. But when he heard that Stradlater used an indifferent mood when he talked about Jane, he was angry, and fought with Stradlater, which directly caused him leave the school and went back to New York. From this we can see that Holden likes Jane, at least she has a place in his heart, I mean, who would fight with others just for a girl that he doesn't care of? But he never told us that he likes Jane, not even a word, and we can see that he is hiding this from being known by others.
I think the reason why the author was writing this article in a first-person point of view was because he wanted to show what was Holden thinking at that time. Apparently Holden is the main character of this entire book, and it is important to know what is Holden thinking as he is an odd, cynical, incompatible boy. And his thoughts are what this book mainly about. Just because the writer wrote this book in a first-person point of view, we can actually know what Holden thinks about the world, and it indicates what the generations think about this world. If the author wrote it in a third person point of view, it wouldn't be that real for the readers to read. If the story was told from the point-of-view of another character like Phoebe, the story would be less interesting and we will miss a lot of details as well.
I think one thing that is apparently be hidden by Holden is his feeling to Jane. He thinks that he likes Sally for her beautiful appearance, and he mentions that he think Jane is a good girl. And I would say this is the only time in this book that Holden would say a girl is good except his sister Phoebe, who is absolutely an amazing sister for him. From this we can see that Holden has a special feeling to Jane, however, in the book, he never admits that. He thinks of the old time when he and Jean were still neighbors, they would play chess together and talk about something interesting. When Holden heard that Stradlater would date Jane, he was not that angry. But when he heard that Stradlater used an indifferent mood when he talked about Jane, he was angry, and fought with Stradlater, which directly caused him leave the school and went back to New York. From this we can see that Holden likes Jane, at least she has a place in his heart, I mean, who would fight with others just for a girl that he doesn't care of? But he never told us that he likes Jane, not even a word, and we can see that he is hiding this from being known by others.
I think the reason why the author was writing this article in a first-person point of view was because he wanted to show what was Holden thinking at that time. Apparently Holden is the main character of this entire book, and it is important to know what is Holden thinking as he is an odd, cynical, incompatible boy. And his thoughts are what this book mainly about. Just because the writer wrote this book in a first-person point of view, we can actually know what Holden thinks about the world, and it indicates what the generations think about this world. If the author wrote it in a third person point of view, it wouldn't be that real for the readers to read. If the story was told from the point-of-view of another character like Phoebe, the story would be less interesting and we will miss a lot of details as well.