Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old boy, who is can be childish at times and skeptical of the world around him, however, this is because of his hard and troubling past that lead him to become who he is now. Holden has a unique way of looking at things, he thinks that practically anyone and anything can be phony, always saying things like ‘I found it phony,’ or ‘they were being phony’ and even, ‘it was all phony as hell’. He seems to use a lot of the same words over and over again, this could be “partly because [Holden] has lousy vocabulary and partly because [he] acts quite young for his age” (J.D.Salinger, 9). Even though, Holden is “six foot two and a half and [he] has gray hair,” it’s easy to mistake him for a 23 years old sometimes (9).
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It’s hard to figure out if he’s serious or not, but it wouldn’t be impossible if he was a little disturbed with all death he has experienced. There was his brother, Allie, who died Holden was 13 when. He really did love his brother a lot and always talked fondly of Allie. He even corrected himself went he once said “She killed Allie,” to “he liked her, too” (68). Sometimes, when he got really lonely, he would start talking to Allie, even thought Allie wasn’t really there. It isn’t surprising then to hear, on the night of Allies, Holden had smashed all the widows in the garage, “just for the hell of it,” but that’s not true (39). Holden didn’t know how to handle his beloved's brothers death properly, so he let angry be his was of release, of course, smash windows with bare hands isn’t health. Sadly, there was another time when Holden experienced death. Jame Castle had committed suicide by jumping out a dorm window. When Holden ran outside to see what all the other boys were panicking about, Jame Castle “was dead, and his teeth, and blood, were all over the place,” he was wear the same turtleneck that Holden had loaned him (170). This event has disturbed Holden, just by the way he told Phoebe, his sister, he was true unnerves by it. However, he once made a statement that seemed to be a bit insensitive, he said “I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory” (104). Holden just called himself a rubberneck. As said earlier, Holden can be quite childish at times, he acts on impulse and will think of things that no one else ever pays attention too, but this isn’t entirely his fault. Holden has experience loneliness and death at a very important time of his life, and didn’t have anyone to talk about it. So he sees the world
It’s hard to figure out if he’s serious or not, but it wouldn’t be impossible if he was a little disturbed with all death he has experienced. There was his brother, Allie, who died Holden was 13 when. He really did love his brother a lot and always talked fondly of Allie. He even corrected himself went he once said “She killed Allie,” to “he liked her, too” (68). Sometimes, when he got really lonely, he would start talking to Allie, even thought Allie wasn’t really there. It isn’t surprising then to hear, on the night of Allies, Holden had smashed all the widows in the garage, “just for the hell of it,” but that’s not true (39). Holden didn’t know how to handle his beloved's brothers death properly, so he let angry be his was of release, of course, smash windows with bare hands isn’t health. Sadly, there was another time when Holden experienced death. Jame Castle had committed suicide by jumping out a dorm window. When Holden ran outside to see what all the other boys were panicking about, Jame Castle “was dead, and his teeth, and blood, were all over the place,” he was wear the same turtleneck that Holden had loaned him (170). This event has disturbed Holden, just by the way he told Phoebe, his sister, he was true unnerves by it. However, he once made a statement that seemed to be a bit insensitive, he said “I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory” (104). Holden just called himself a rubberneck. As said earlier, Holden can be quite childish at times, he acts on impulse and will think of things that no one else ever pays attention too, but this isn’t entirely his fault. Holden has experience loneliness and death at a very important time of his life, and didn’t have anyone to talk about it. So he sees the world