Pot calling the kettle black is what some people might call it, being a phony is what holden would call it, if he didn't know it was about him. Holden caulfield a teenage boy in brooklyn who hates phonies but seems to be one. Despite Holden saying how much he hates phonies he is one. Holden is a phony because he is very judgemental and acts like he is too good for everyone--when really he is the same as everyone else. Holden holds others to a standard he doesn’t hold himself to.
Psychology says that people tend to call others how they feel about themselves and I find that Holden seems to have issues with his self confidence and that is why he is always being so judgemental. And he is so scared to be called out for being fake that he calls everyone else fake.
Holden is a teenage boy that is just starting to get interested in girls and I think that he doesn't think very highly of himself which makes it hard to get girls and he sees all his friends and roommates getting girls that he has dreamed about getting with since he was little. …show more content…
For example Holden tends to make fun of people who care about ridiculous things but then he goes on a rant about how him having a expensive suitcase is important to him. A reason Holden also judges people is to put them down so that he doesn’t feel like they are better than him which all comes back to relate to Holden being insecure. Holden has a lot of problems and one of them is that he is a liar almost to the point of it being compulsive. He is talking to a shrink and so we are not even sure exactly what is the real truth. Holden knows he is a liar and it doesn't seem to want to change he thinks it doesnt matter, he is very selfish and feels like what he does shouldn't affect others and if it does that is there
Psychology says that people tend to call others how they feel about themselves and I find that Holden seems to have issues with his self confidence and that is why he is always being so judgemental. And he is so scared to be called out for being fake that he calls everyone else fake.
Holden is a teenage boy that is just starting to get interested in girls and I think that he doesn't think very highly of himself which makes it hard to get girls and he sees all his friends and roommates getting girls that he has dreamed about getting with since he was little. …show more content…
For example Holden tends to make fun of people who care about ridiculous things but then he goes on a rant about how him having a expensive suitcase is important to him. A reason Holden also judges people is to put them down so that he doesn’t feel like they are better than him which all comes back to relate to Holden being insecure. Holden has a lot of problems and one of them is that he is a liar almost to the point of it being compulsive. He is talking to a shrink and so we are not even sure exactly what is the real truth. Holden knows he is a liar and it doesn't seem to want to change he thinks it doesnt matter, he is very selfish and feels like what he does shouldn't affect others and if it does that is there