The Catcher in the Rye

Considering the entire first paragraph, what donyou think is the main point of Holden's opening comments?

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He is trying to get across that he has a story but doesn't really have to tell it. The paragraph isolates his teenaged angst and the fact that he feels marginalized from most other people.