Holden's older brother; writer; Holden considers him a prostitute because he writes for Hollywood movies.

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Holden's older brother; writer; Holden considers him a prostitute because he writes for Hollywood movies.

Explanation:
Holden’s older brother and a writer who ends up in Hollywood to script movies is D.B. Caulfield. The line shows Holden’s uneasy mix of admiration and resentment: he respects his brother’s talent but sees Hollywood as selling out art for money and fame, which is why he uses the harsh label of prostitution to critique that life. That makes D.B. the correct identify here. The other names refer to people who are not his elder, Hollywood-bound writer brother—Mr. Spencer is Holden’s history teacher, Allie is Holden’s deceased younger brother, and Stradlater is Holden’s roommate at Pencey.

Holden’s older brother and a writer who ends up in Hollywood to script movies is D.B. Caulfield. The line shows Holden’s uneasy mix of admiration and resentment: he respects his brother’s talent but sees Hollywood as selling out art for money and fame, which is why he uses the harsh label of prostitution to critique that life. That makes D.B. the correct identify here.

The other names refer to people who are not his elder, Hollywood-bound writer brother—Mr. Spencer is Holden’s history teacher, Allie is Holden’s deceased younger brother, and Stradlater is Holden’s roommate at Pencey.

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