【正确答案】正确答案：Holden is the protagonist and the narrator of the novel, a sixteen-year-old junior, who has just been expelled from a school for academic failure. Although he is intelligent and sensitive, he narrates in a cynical and jaded voice. He finds the hypocrisy and ugliness of the world around him almost unbearable, and through his cynicism he tries to protect himself from the pain and disappointment of the adult world.