Make the storyteller hostile to the reader and therefore surprise the reader. Warn the reader at the outset that this is not the usual kind of soft, false coming-of-age story, and he (Holden)
author:Anne Lan Xizi
Make the storyteller hostile to the reader and therefore surprise the reader. Warn the reader at the outset that this is not the usual soft, false coming-of-age story, and that he (Holden) will not "flatter" the reader to gain sympathy. The implication is that the storyteller doesn't want to talk nonsense; That is, he wants to tell the truth, because he sees it as his moral duty.