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Why does the Catcher in the Rye begin with the words, "If you want to know the truth..."?

I'm looking for educated opinions of people who have read the book.

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  • reader
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    It's a very clear and concise way of letting us know that we are in for one person's version of reality. Since truth often has as many variables as there are people to interpret them you can't get much more first person than that particular sentence.

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