ALL THAT DAVID COPPERFIELD KIND OF CRAP

From what I've read about online, David Copperfield is a drawn account of David's life. It is extremely detailed from his birth to him running away. So the first line of Catcher in the Rye is a point to stray away from the typical setting of a novel. Instead of detailing every moment on how he got to this point of his life, he is going to start with him leaving boarding school and finish from there. Dickens's style of writing uses details of life from start to finish are the driving force for the theme and audience's attention. By detailing a life, not many can connect to that character. Instead, Salinger develops his character through the present and short time lapses. In this way, the audience understands Holden's beaten spirit more rather than just a recount of how and why he got to this point in his life.