Phoniness People put on all sorts of facades when interacting with others, seldom showing people exactly what they are like. For Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, he is not able to see beyond people’s phoniness and uses it as an excuse to pull away from society. Even though Catcher in the Rye was written in 1951 there is certain themes that still have a big part in the world, Phoniness is an example. Int the Catcher in the Rye Holden gets fed up with everyone and their phoniness, Holden doesn't realize that if phoniness wasn't a part in society it would be dull. When watching people you can realize that everyone puts on a mask, highschool Students people who work and just about any bi-standard. People either put on a mask for a
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Everyone deals with loss different, some people deal with it head on with seeing someone, putting on that brave smile when they get up, and just secluding themselves from people. Personally when dealing with loss I deal with it a number of ways, I went and saw someone, I've secluded myself and I also even put on that brave smile. In The Catcher in the Rye Holden handles it it his own way. He tries to fit in, he wants to do stuff kids his age do like drink, smoke, and party. When first reading the story you think Holden is just a slacker who doesn't care about school, but when getting into the book you realize that Holden doing bad in school mostly has to do with the loss of his brother. Most parents should realize something that is happening to their son, but Holden's parents don't notice the signs with their son they send him off to different schools to deal with his problems, When doing this all the are doing i secluding their son and not taking the problem head on. When doing this Holden starts to suffer from PTSD. I believe that this contributes to Holden’s phoniness because i believe if he took the problem head on our spent time with his family at home maybe things would've turned out differently for him. Holden put on a mask for those people when he was in New York like when he was at the bar with those older ladies, the first time holden finally comes to true happiness is when he watches Phoebe on the …show more content…
Some people just want to hang out with the “cool kids”. Certain people will go to far lengths to hang out with certain people if it means drinking,smoking, and just doing stuff you objectify too. Even certain people I know that are in high school drink too much and outside, when those people are drink I can tell it's because they're sad inside, they're are people who think that the bottom of a bottle is going to be more helpful than talking to someone. When reading the Catcher in the Rye you realize Holden goes through all of these, at certain points he's in a bar talking to 3 older ladies he drinks to fit in with them thinking it will make him look older. Holden also smokes so he can relieve some of the stress and problems he's having. Holden may not objectify to many things but a thing most people object to is agreeing to have a prostitute sent to there from a elevator guy but yet Holden agrees. Therefore from those reason syou can see how people put on masks in the Catcher in the Rye and in real
Everyone deals with loss different, some people deal with it head on with seeing someone, putting on that brave smile when they get up, and just secluding themselves from people. Personally when dealing with loss I deal with it a number of ways, I went and saw someone, I've secluded myself and I also even put on that brave smile. In The Catcher in the Rye Holden handles it it his own way. He tries to fit in, he wants to do stuff kids his age do like drink, smoke, and party. When first reading the story you think Holden is just a slacker who doesn't care about school, but when getting into the book you realize that Holden doing bad in school mostly has to do with the loss of his brother. Most parents should realize something that is happening to their son, but Holden's parents don't notice the signs with their son they send him off to different schools to deal with his problems, When doing this all the are doing i secluding their son and not taking the problem head on. When doing this Holden starts to suffer from PTSD. I believe that this contributes to Holden’s phoniness because i believe if he took the problem head on our spent time with his family at home maybe things would've turned out differently for him. Holden put on a mask for those people when he was in New York like when he was at the bar with those older ladies, the first time holden finally comes to true happiness is when he watches Phoebe on the …show more content…
Some people just want to hang out with the “cool kids”. Certain people will go to far lengths to hang out with certain people if it means drinking,smoking, and just doing stuff you objectify too. Even certain people I know that are in high school drink too much and outside, when those people are drink I can tell it's because they're sad inside, they're are people who think that the bottom of a bottle is going to be more helpful than talking to someone. When reading the Catcher in the Rye you realize Holden goes through all of these, at certain points he's in a bar talking to 3 older ladies he drinks to fit in with them thinking it will make him look older. Holden also smokes so he can relieve some of the stress and problems he's having. Holden may not objectify to many things but a thing most people object to is agreeing to have a prostitute sent to there from a elevator guy but yet Holden agrees. Therefore from those reason syou can see how people put on masks in the Catcher in the Rye and in real