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Based on this excerpt, what narrative technique does the author use to create an unreliable narrator, and which specific textual clue supports this technique?

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Read the following passage from J.D. Salinger's *The Catcher in the Rye*:

"I'm the kind of guy that would have to have a lot of money to get a good job. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I'm not a very good liar. I"

Based on this excerpt, what narrative technique does the author use to create an unreliable narrator, and which specific textual clue supports this technique?

Accepted Answer

First‑person colloquial narration with self‑contradictory statements; clue: the repeated claim "I'm not a very good liar" which paradoxically reveals his dishonesty.

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