Below is a passage that makes me smile:
"You could also hear old Ackley snoring. Right through the goddam shower curtains you could hear him. He had sinus trouble and he couldn't breathe too hot when he was asleep. That guy had just about everything. Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumbly fingernails. You had to feel a little sorry for the crazy sonuvabitch" (39).
I love this passage because Holden ruthlessly bashes Ackley, but then says that "he felt a little sorry for him". All that Holden says is so blunt and truthful, which makes him truly funny. This, again, proves that Holden speaks his mind directly, without a buffer whatsoever.
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