Which statement best reflects the narrative's treatment of unreliability due to digressions?

• A. The narration is linear and fully reliable.
• B. There are no digressions, and events unfold without interruption.
• C. The narrative includes frequent digressions that require readers to infer truth.
• D. The digressions are minimal and don't affect interpretation.

Answer: (C)

Holden Caulfield’s narration relies on a talking, wandering voice that often veers away from the plot. Those frequent digressions—aside from telling stories about classmates, the museum, the ducks in the park, or Allie—shape his recollections with mood, bias, and memory distortions. Because the narration is filtered through his subjective perspective, not every detail can be taken at face value, and readers need to infer what’s true from the gaps and the way he reconstructs events.

That’s why the best statement is that the narrative includes frequent digressions that require readers to infer truth. The other ideas don’t fit Holden’s voice: the story isn’t strictly linear or fully reliable, and the digressions aren’t minimal; they’re a steady part of how the tale is told and how meaning emerges.