If there’s one thing Holden Caulfield hates most, it’s phonies. Throughout the whole novel, Holden points out when someone is being phony or being fake, being precise with every detail. Most people he comes across happen to be “phony” or doing phony things. Regardless of what Holden may say or think about others, he is also a phony. Everytime he speaks to someone a lie comes out and he’s often portrayed doing phony things. By calling others phonies, it makes it easier for him to deal with rejection from others. He attempts to build a shield around himself and figure out who he truly is but through that process, he lies and does things to make himself appear differently to others, showing that he truly is just as phony as everyone else.
Holden is a very unique person to everyone around him. One thing that makes him unique is the fact that he hates the movies. The majority of people love the movies but Holden claims that movies are all phony since it’s all fake. Although he says “If there’s one thing I hate, it’s the movies” (Salinger, page 2), he goes on a date to the movies. If he truly …show more content…
Holden becomes upset when others lie or fake something but he does the same thing all the time. The entire novel he is judging others, trying to pinpoint their life by how they act. Holden calls out his classmates for being phony but then when he leaves he creates an alias for himself with new characteristics and everything, showing he wants to be fake. Every person he meets thinks he’s someone else. When he was on the train, he told a lady he was a janitor at his old school and on other occasions he lies about his name and face. Holden attempts to hide behind other stories and personalities to hide his own. This shows that he’s afraid to show his sincere personality in fear of being hated or
Holden is a very unique person to everyone around him. One thing that makes him unique is the fact that he hates the movies. The majority of people love the movies but Holden claims that movies are all phony since it’s all fake. Although he says “If there’s one thing I hate, it’s the movies” (Salinger, page 2), he goes on a date to the movies. If he truly …show more content…
Holden becomes upset when others lie or fake something but he does the same thing all the time. The entire novel he is judging others, trying to pinpoint their life by how they act. Holden calls out his classmates for being phony but then when he leaves he creates an alias for himself with new characteristics and everything, showing he wants to be fake. Every person he meets thinks he’s someone else. When he was on the train, he told a lady he was a janitor at his old school and on other occasions he lies about his name and face. Holden attempts to hide behind other stories and personalities to hide his own. This shows that he’s afraid to show his sincere personality in fear of being hated or