StupiesCuz@aol.com wrote: > > "...I grew six and a half inches last year. That's also how I > practically got t.b. and came out here for all these goddam checkups and > stuff..." > > Consider an average 16 year old - they grow, that's what they are supposed to > do. Six inches or not, but they grow. I, personally, didn't catch that > sentence as a relevant fact of some physiological problem. Checkups, checkups, > we all have them. > > -Olga- Of course, the growing is normal; I don't think it's a physiological problem. I just think it indicates that Holden was growing up very quickly physically, although he wanted to hold onto childhood mentally. Cheryl