contrasts with Holden Caulfield’s sensitivity

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Stradlater is a confident, superficial, and self-absorbed roommate in *The Catcher in the Rye* whose easy charm and moral carelessness highlight Holden Caulfield’s vulnerability and introspection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in The Catcher in the Rye
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Catcher in the Rye
associatedWithTheme adolescent sexuality
moral ambiguity
phoniness
attendsSchool Pencey Prep
causesConflictWith Holden Caulfield
characterTrait charming
confident
morally careless
self-absorbed
superficial
contrastsWith Holden Caulfield
countryOfOrigin United States (fictional setting)
surface form: United States (literary context)
createdBy J. D. Salinger
describedByNarrator secret slob
firstPublicationContext The Catcher in the Rye
surface form: The Catcher in the Rye (1951 novel)
gender male
goesOnDateWith Jane Gallagher
highlights Holden Caulfield’s introspection
Holden Caulfield’s vulnerability
interactsWith Jane Gallagher
medium novel
narrativeFunction foil to Holden Caulfield
occupation student
promptsEmotionalReactionIn Holden Caulfield
roommateOf Holden Caulfield
setting Pencey Prep
surface form: Pencey Prep dormitory

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Stradlater narrativeFunction contrasts with Holden Caulfield’s sensitivity
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