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Thesis: Holden uses his red hunting cap to try to demonstrate his uniqueness.
 * The Red Hunting Cap**

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 * 1) Holden buys it in New York during a fencing trip for only a dollar.
 * 2) He had seen it in a window of a sports store when he had gotten off the subway, and lost all the foils right after he bought it.
 * 3) He wears it with the peak facing backwards.
 * 4) “The way I wore it, I swung the old peak back- very corny, I’ll admit, but I liked it that way.” (Salinger 17)
 * 5) Holden senses himself as different from everyone else. His hat symbolizes his uniqueness. He doesn't care what other people think of him. That's his strength. His weakness is being caught between childhood and adulthood and finding a place in the world. His hat also symbolizes Holden clinging onto his youthful nature.
 * 6) Holden uses his red hunting cap to connect his youthful nature with the reality in the world.