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Source One: Pumped up kicks [] Source Two: Home [] Source Three: Boulevard of Broken Dreams []

The reason I chose these songs is because I found that all of them could be relatable to Holden in __The Catcher in the Rye__. For my first example, I chose the song Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. In this song you can feel that the narrator has similar views on society that Holden has in the fact that Holden views a lot of people as "phonies". As my second choice of song, I chose the song Home by Michael Buble. The reason I chose this song is because in the song the narrator explains how he is alone in his life, as we see mostly in the line "im surrounded by, a million people I, still feel alone." I feel that this relates to Holdens life because there really isnt anybody in his life that he is close with or can relate to. As my last selection, I chose the song Boulevard of Broken Dreams by GreenDay. I chose this song for a similar reason that I chose the last song. The first line of the songs states, "I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known." I feel that this relates to the middle of the novel when Holden is alone in the hotel and wants to call somebody, but cannot quite figure out who to contact. A band that I feel Holden would like would the the band GreenDay. This is because GreenDay sort of goes against society in there songs, as Holden sort of goes against society in his own way.