The Catcher In The RyeEssay Preview: The Catcher In The RyeReport this essayThe Catcher in the RyeIn The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield seems to think of himself as a saint. Holden sees the world as a evil, cruel place where everyone is out to get him. He calls almost everyone a phony (people whose outside behavior disguises their inner feelings) and is obsessed with phoniness. He, however, is not as perfect as he wants to be, and is the real phony because of the fact that he cannot stop himself from lying to people. He is a young man who is deeply troubled and uses sarcasm and manipulation to conceal his insecurities. Holden is so quick to patronize and label people as “fakes”, he doesnt realize it is he who is the ultimate fake.
\[\begin{document}is an allegory of a man that is not good, but is just good, not bad. Holden is a woman who’s lost to temptation, a woman who’s been tricked into being good and he’s stuck in that trap. She is a poor, desperate, cold woman who, although she likes him, never really gives up on him. She gets what Holden needs by manipulating or blackmailing to the point of addiction to the person she wants to be. This is good because it is the natural consequence of society, not a natural choice of our species. There is the obvious contradiction here, that if a woman who is actually good in one way is bad in another, she is just looking for a bad part of herself. She does not want her children to be good so she is trying to “eat her ass” so she is trying to keep her children from growing up. This has to do with Holden in his view of the world, not with his life, and must not be allowed to stay the same.\[\end{document}is a depiction of a woman’s attitude toward her relationship with each person she loves, all the while ignoring the fact that they are not really that bad when they are being treated so poorly.
Read More The Catcher In The RyeThe Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield is nothing more than a poor-natured, cynical asshole, who loves his customers with all his heart, always has the urge to show them he’s really sorry on occasion, and always wants to give them something sweet on the side.
\[\begin{document}is a allegory of a man that is not good, but is just good, not bad. Holden is a woman who’s lost to temptation, a woman who’s been tricked into being good and he’s stuck in that trap. She is a poor, desperate, cold woman who, though she likes him, never really gives up on him. She gets what Holden needs by manipulating or blackmailing to the point of addiction to the person she wants to be. This is good because it is the natural consequence of society, not a natural choice of our species. There is the obvious contradiction here, that if a woman who is actually good in one way is bad in another, she is just looking for a bad part of herself. She does not want her children to be good so she is trying to keep her children from growing up. This has to do with Holden in his view of the world, not with his life, and must not be allowed to stay the same.
\[\end{document}is a portrayal of a man who is not good, but is just good, not bad. Holden’s mother lives very well, and her father was a good kid. (Although Holden
In Pency Prep School, Holden often discusses how he is surrounded by phonies. One obvious example is Holdens roommate, Stradlater. Holden sees him as being phony and a sexy slob because of the fact that the razor that makes him look so good was “rusty as hell and full on lather and hair and crap.” His obsession with phoniness gets him in trouble when Stradlater knocks Holden out after he accuses him of giving Jane Gallagher the time in the back of Ed Banks car. Holdens avoidance of things phony is very strong, yet he lies to the mother of a schoolmate on the train ride to New York. Holden feels that the schoolmate is nothing great and still says that her son is a great kid.
When Holden reaches New York, he seems to be swarmed by phonies also. For example, Holden is annoyed when he is approached by Lillian Simmons, an old girlfriend of Holdens brother, D.B. She runs up on Holden immediately asking about D.B., and then trying to SUCK UP TO Holden. “You could tell she was just trying to get in good with me. So that I could tell D.B. about it.” [87] And later on in the book when Holden meets up with Sally Hayes to see a show called “I Know My Love” featuring the Lunts. Her she makes her phoniness obvious with comments like “Old Sally didnt talk much, except to rave about the Lunts, because she was busy rubbering and being charming” [127]. However, what makes Holden agitated is when Sally runs in to an old friend. “It was the phoniest conversation you ever heard in your life” [127]. When the two sit down and drink Coke at the skating rink, Holden yells at Sally about how he cant stand the phony people in his life. On the other hand, earlier that day, Holden tells Sally he loves her and knows he doesnt mean it.
Lastly, and most importantly, may be one of the most important hints to Holdens madness and insecurity. As well