Holden Caulfield Phony

The Catcher in the Rye is one of J. D. Salinger's world-famous books about the disgruntled youth. Holden Caulfield is the main character and he is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden separates the “phony” aspects of society, and the “phonies” themselves. Some of these “phony” people in his life are the headmaster whose friendliness depends on the wealth of the parents, and his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. This book deals with the complex issues of identity, belonging, connection, and alienation. Holden senses these feelings most of the time and is guilty about many things in

Lies, failure, depression, and loneliness are only some of the aspects that Holden Caulfield goes through in the novel The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger. Salinger reflects Holden’s character through his own childhood experiences. Salinger admitted in a 1953 interview that "My boyhood was very much the same as that of the boy in the book.… [I]t was a great relief telling people about it” (Wikipedia). Thus, the book is somewhat the life story of J.D. Salinger as a reckless seventeen-year-old who lives in New York City and goes through awful hardships after his expulsion and departure from an elite prep school. Holden, the protagonist in this novel, is created as a depressed, cynical, and isolated character and he

Imagine going under treatment in a mental hospital or any medical center and telling a story of when you were sixteen years old. Well in the novel, Catcher In The Rye, the protagonist Holden Caulfield tells a story of when he was sixteen years old from a mental hospital. J.D Salinger gives his outlook of the world through the main character of the book; Holden Caulfield. The book was first released to be a book for adults, but over the years has become common throughout young adults and teens. The main character and narrator is Holden Caulfield. Holden is a sixteen year old who is expelled from his four schools, due to failure in each of his classes. He frequently refers to people he does not like as phonies. Although Holden Caulfield is very negative throughout the book, he is also very hypocritical towards many things. Holden is very hypocritical towards many things because he calls almost everyone in the book a phony, and he whines and complains about people and their flaws. Even though he tries to hide the fact that he can also be a phony or any other person that he complains about.

Holden Caulfield is a seventeen year old living in a “phony” world, who describes the “madman stuff” that transpired from the earlier year. He is the protagonist and narrator of the story, The Catcher in the Rye, where he mentions he was being hospitalized in a sanitarium in that present year. Holden has a different view on the world, where he portrays it as a “phony” and corrupt place. He fears that his sister, Phoebe, will fall into this world and lose the innocence that he wishes he still obtained. Holden mentions to her that he aspires to be “a catcher in the rye.” His dream is to catch the children before they fall to adulthood, lose their innocence, and be tainted by greed. Although Holden has contrasting views, many observations he made

So far while reading the novel I have met the main character Holden Caulfield who narrates this whole story. Holden is very interesting being only 16 and already be kicked out of schools, he claims that he is out of shape because of smoking. You would think that going to a prep school he would be participating in sports teams. The way that Holden views everything and everyone as "phony" makes you wonder what happened in his past to give him this idea about everyone. Another character that we have met is Holden’s older brother D. B. Caulfield. D. B. wrote a volume of short stories that Holden admires very much, and is writing for Hollywood movies. I am intrigued

“The Catcher in the Rye” is an unbelievable novel. It focuses on the protagonist Holden Caufield. In this essay I will show that Holden is a phony. A ph is someone who is not genuine. In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger the main character Holden Caufield accuses others of being a phony, when in fact he comes across as a phony through his hypocrisy, irresponsibility, and judgment.

In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the character Holden Caulfield is developed through several elements of symbolism. The author introduces the main character Holden as an eccentric and disheveled person. As the book begins, it is revealed that Holden has been expelled from yet another prep school. He is dreading having to return home and inform his parents that he has been expelled all over again. This causes to Holden to avoid travelling home at all costs, which place him in conflict.

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is an extremely eye-catching book with a narrator who preaches about the “phoniness” of the world. The Catcher in the Rye centers around Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old boy who seems to be wandering aimlessly through life without purpose. Holden is an extremely judgmental character who views many people as “phonies,” a way of saying that some people are fake. One of the exceptions to Holden’s judgmental view is children, due to the fact that they are still extremely innocent people and because they have not been changed in the real world yet. Holden desperately wants to stop things from changing and would rather have everything stay as it is.

(Start) The Catcher in the Rye is a book well known for its controversial storyline and messages, All of this is told through the eyes of one 17 year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is a very tall and awkward looking boy who claims that he is too tall for his age and that his hard is already starting to turn grey in some places That name has been tied to many things throughout time, people used to say that when kids were being rebellious they were pulling a caulfeild and everyone who wanted to be that anarchist stick it to the man rebel would claim this fiction teenager as their idol to do so? Why? How could a fictional teenager inspire thousands upon thousands to take a stand?

Being his first time attempting to bond with a girl, he allows his emotions to go out of control and lose his grip telling himself he felt like “marrying her the minute I saw her.” At the play, Holden is unable to focus on the plot since the actors’ performance seemed to be conceited which made him lose interest. As well with the conversation between Sally and George which seemed to be phony. Describing that anyone who is confident, or relaxed, in society is a phony since he only knows how to trust disdain and skepticism, since it’s all he knows, being his personality. As the two continue their night out Holden questions her thoughts on school and expresses his loathing with school, New York, buses, taxis, etc. Ignoring Sally’s request, Holden

J.D. Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye is about the life of Holden Caulfield, a kid who does not exactly live the best life possible. He has been to many different schools including Pencey, from which he was expelled from due to lack of effort. The tragic death of his brother Allie changes Holden’s motivation and ambition to succeed. Friends and family of Holden perceive him as a troubled kid constantly making poor decisions but they do not realize that he acts this way because he does not want to live a better life than Allie did. For example, when Holden has to write an essay in English about Egyptians he leaves a note at the bottom of his essay saying, “It is alright if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway” (Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger tells the painful tale of a hormonal teenage boy, who has been kicked out of multiple schools, and is searching for himself in a world of phonies. June Edwards’ article, “Censorship in the Schools: What’s Moral about The Catcher in the Rye?” deals with the novel’s values and argues over Salinger’s written intentions. She describes Holden as an insecure young man, who makes some poor decisions, but turns his life around and becomes a good influence, contrary to what censors would claim.

Holden gets on a train to leave Pencey, and he meets Mrs. Morrow, a pencey student’s mother, and she asked him if he goes there, but Holden tells her he is the school janitor instead of the telling her he is a student. He does this because he doesn’t want her to judge him or to be repelled by him because he got kicked out of the school. When Holden decides to come home to his family, Phoebe, his little sister, questions why he is home early and why he isn’t at school instead. He lies to her by saying that he was allowed to leave school early, and not saying that he was expelled. Also, when Holden has an encounter with Sunny the prostitute he refuses to have sex with her, by saying that he had a recent operation on his clavichord.

In The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, a teenage boy, Holden keeps getting expelled from schools due to him finding the people there phony. The book takes place over three days where Holden wiles away his time roaming around New York before his parents find out he has been kicked out of yet another school he was sent to, Pencey Prep. Narrated from a teenager’s point of view, it gives a look into Holden’s messy mind as he tries to find a goal to work towards. Salinger uses Holden’s actions and the poem “Comin Thro the Rye” by Robert Burns to show Holden's idea of childhood: it must be protected and develops the understanding that growing up is process that everyone must go through.

Holden’s immaturity causes him many problems throughout the story. Although he is physically mature, he acts more like a child. “All of a sudden I