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The definition of phony is not genuine or fraudulent, which can describe many people. Including Holden Caulfield the protagonist, he is a 17 year old boy who has was expelled from his school Pencey. After a fight with his roommate Stradlater he decides to leave school early and go to manhattan to avoid telling his parents. In the book The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is struggling with being surrounded by phonies and being a phony himself. Holden talk about many people being phony but there were…

J.D Salinger, author of “Catcher in the rye,” gives an impression of alienation, the state of being isolated about society, to a younger audience such as myself because the lack of knowledge in the “adult world.” “Catcher in the Rye” has a cultural impact on the world such as many quotes in several books, movies, tv shows, and music. The Book, “Catcher in the Rye,” should be deemed as a good book because it captures the alienation of adolescents when questioning the world magnificently as if the…

“Little kids are just dumb, the smart ones and the slow ones. They do dumb things. They say what they think. They haven’t learned enough yet to say what they don’t really think. That comes later, when kids begin to turn into people and find out that they are alone” (LeGuin 3). As children, people lack the knowledge of what to say and what to hide. When they grow older and face reality, they become more guarded and, sometimes, bitter. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Indian Education,” the…

Introduction Holden Caulfield was a mysterious and a rather inept person. It seemed that he could not function in normal life. He had an attitude that was pessimistic and unhappy. He hated most things and referred to most people as “phonies.” There was one thing however, that was expressed in the book by J.D. Salinger, that Caulfield loved. Holden cherished innocence. Caulfield represents the core of all men and women. At the bottom of every one’s heart, there is a great void; a hunger and…

Holden Caulfield: Phony or Real? Holden Caulfield embodies many of the ideas from The Most Human Art. Caulfield and The Catcher and The Rye have connected many people from different backgrounds due to Caulfield ideas resonating. Caulfield embodies many ideas from The Most Human Art, but he especially allows people to see stories through his eyes, realizing the consequences of our actions and teaching us how to be human. Caulfield throughout the book allows us to experience how it is to be a…

Holden’s pessimistic outlook on life causes him to categorize others as phonies because he is jealous of others. Firstly, Holden classifies his roommate Stradlater as a phony. Being roommates with Stradlater causes Holden to get to know the real Stradlater, not his phony alter ego he displays to others. For example, “He was at least a pretty friendly guy, Stradlater. It was partly a phony kind of friendly guy, Stradlater” (26). This reveals how Stradlater pretends to be friendly and charming to…

Now who plays basebal that Holden knows and admires and loves so much? Thats right, Allie. The same person that Holden has a glove of. Holden wishes to be like Allie every step of the way, and he also wishes Allie was there with him. Finally, one last question about the cap that was not answered in the book, but is part of a really big theme in the book. If the cap is a hunting cap, what is Holden hunting…

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a somewhat controversial 1950’s novel about the main character, Holden Caulfield, recounting his days of adventure in New York City following his recent expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private all boys’ school. Throughout the interactive oral, it was discussed how Holden’s journey through New York was similar to the odyssey and what the writer achieved by his use of language style, among other questions like what the audience, purpose and context of the novel…

The Catcher In The Rye: Why Ban Such A Great Book? Bad words, explicit content, a kid who is being viewed as a bad influence. These things all correlate to the concern surrounding the book The Catcher In The Rye. According to the About Banned and Challenged Books Article, “A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials.” The article also tells us, “Books are usually challenged with the…

history of defeats in brawls, Holden should have known to not partake in this activity, however, all he wants is to be is something that he is not, and he achieves this by lying. He said, “I almost was once in a movie short, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I figured that anybody that hates the movies as much as I do, I'd be a phony if I let them stick me in a movie short” (ch 11 pg 77). Holden is trying to show off and convince the reader that he was once asked to be in a movie. Most…