Do you speak normally with your friends, and try extremely hard to use manners when you are talking with adults and strangers? In J.D. Salinger’s book the Catcher in the Rye, Holden, the main character, has an odyssey in New York City after getting kicked out of his school Pencey Prep. Throughout his journey Holden encounters a variety of different women, adults, and children. With these confrontations readers see a totally different side of Holden every single time he meets someone new. By the end of the book it is obvious Holden has a particular way of talking to everybody he meets in New York City. In the Catcher in the Rye Holden is polite to every women he meets to a certain extent, always rude towards adults, and with every meeting he
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In the conversation Holden has with them, he usually acts very hypocritical and rude towards them. Before Holden embarks on his journey in New York City he visits his history teacher Mr. Spencer. At first Holden seems polite, since he sits down and grabs a test for Mr. Spencer when he is told to. As the visit goes on Holden starts to mention very rude thoughts about Mr. Spencer in his head. One of the things Holden mentions is, “I’m lucky though, I mean I could shoot the old bull to old Spencer and think about the ducks at the same time. It’s funny. You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to a teacher” (Page 16). When Holden thinks that in his head, he is practically saying that Mr. Spencer isn’t that smart, so when talking, he is talking to Mr. Spencer he doesn’t need to try so hard. By saying rude things to Mr. Spencer, it is easy to tell that one of Holden’s characteristics is being and saying rude comments to adults. At the same time Holden is also really hypocritical when he is talking to adults and strangers. At one point, Holden is in a taxi cab, and he is having a conversation with the driver, when he decides to tell the driver to turn around. In response, he says he can’t turn around, and when Holden hears the driver say that he gets angry. While he is angry Holden starts to mock the driver by saying, “The driver was sort of a wise guy. …show more content…
In the beginning of the book, Holden is writing a composition for his roommate Stradlater, and while he is writing it he starts to talk about his little brother Allie, who died of leukemia a few years back. Holden talks about how extremely kind Allie was and how he never got angry at anybody. Holden also says, "You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent" (Page 43). The way Holden talks about Allie makes it easy to tell how much Holden liked Allie, since the tone of the quote is fond and loving. Also, when Holden talks about Allie he doesn’t mention a single bad thing about him, which reveals how much he loves Allie. Not only does Holden have a fondness for little children, but he also enjoys helping them out when they are in trouble. While Holden is in the park trying to find his little sister Phoebe he encounters a little girl around Phoebe’s age. He confronts the little girl, and asks her if she knows Phoebe, and has seen her around that day. The little girl says no, but during the conversation Holden notices that the little girl was struggling to put on her skates. When Holden notices the little girl struggling he explains to readers that, “She didn’t have any gloves on or anything and her hands were all red and cold. I gave her a hand with it” (Page 132). Without the little girl asking him to help her, or
In the conversation Holden has with them, he usually acts very hypocritical and rude towards them. Before Holden embarks on his journey in New York City he visits his history teacher Mr. Spencer. At first Holden seems polite, since he sits down and grabs a test for Mr. Spencer when he is told to. As the visit goes on Holden starts to mention very rude thoughts about Mr. Spencer in his head. One of the things Holden mentions is, “I’m lucky though, I mean I could shoot the old bull to old Spencer and think about the ducks at the same time. It’s funny. You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to a teacher” (Page 16). When Holden thinks that in his head, he is practically saying that Mr. Spencer isn’t that smart, so when talking, he is talking to Mr. Spencer he doesn’t need to try so hard. By saying rude things to Mr. Spencer, it is easy to tell that one of Holden’s characteristics is being and saying rude comments to adults. At the same time Holden is also really hypocritical when he is talking to adults and strangers. At one point, Holden is in a taxi cab, and he is having a conversation with the driver, when he decides to tell the driver to turn around. In response, he says he can’t turn around, and when Holden hears the driver say that he gets angry. While he is angry Holden starts to mock the driver by saying, “The driver was sort of a wise guy. …show more content…
In the beginning of the book, Holden is writing a composition for his roommate Stradlater, and while he is writing it he starts to talk about his little brother Allie, who died of leukemia a few years back. Holden talks about how extremely kind Allie was and how he never got angry at anybody. Holden also says, "You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent" (Page 43). The way Holden talks about Allie makes it easy to tell how much Holden liked Allie, since the tone of the quote is fond and loving. Also, when Holden talks about Allie he doesn’t mention a single bad thing about him, which reveals how much he loves Allie. Not only does Holden have a fondness for little children, but he also enjoys helping them out when they are in trouble. While Holden is in the park trying to find his little sister Phoebe he encounters a little girl around Phoebe’s age. He confronts the little girl, and asks her if she knows Phoebe, and has seen her around that day. The little girl says no, but during the conversation Holden notices that the little girl was struggling to put on her skates. When Holden notices the little girl struggling he explains to readers that, “She didn’t have any gloves on or anything and her hands were all red and cold. I gave her a hand with it” (Page 132). Without the little girl asking him to help her, or