... is, being fake by accepting one's phoniness. Such is the case when Holden finds himself in a situation where he simply has no one to talk to. Holden immediately thinks of Carl Luce and says: I didn't like him too much, but he was one of these very intellectual guys-- he had the highest I.Q. of any boy at Whooton--and I thought he might ... want to have dinner with me somewhere and have a slightly intellectual conversation (Sallinger 136). While Holden mentions that he wants to have a "slightly intellectual conversation" with Carl Luce, he also states, "That's the trouble with these inte...

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... 's number and a teacher, Mr. Antolini's number. So he called another person who was not really a friend, but Holden thought they could have a "slightly intellectual conversation" (Salinger, 136). His name was Carl Luce. Carl told Holden that he would meet him for a drink at ten o"clock. At ten o"clock, they met at the bar and had a drink. While ... Carl tried to have a normal conversation, Holden acted really immature. Carl soon became annoyed with Holden's sexual and personal questions and left. Holden stayed at the bar and got really drunk. He was trying to drink his problems away ... ...

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... clear that he believes movies to be the phoniest of all phonies. Another of Holden's old girlfriends, Sally Hayes, is a prime example of the hypocrisy Holden sees in the world. Carl Luce is an older Columbia student whom Holden knew when he attended the Whooton School. Luce is, to say the least, sexually experienced, which later adds to the torment Holden ... , but I've never got around to it yet" (Salinger 120). He speaks as though he feels he needs to make excuses as to why he is still a virgin. Holden's friend Carl Luce might possibly be a major factor as to why he feels this pressure...

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... "even the couple of nice teachers on the faculty, they were phonies, too"( Salinger,151). Throughout the novel he encounters many characters who do seem pretentious or superficial- Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Maurice, and Sunny. But he never observes in own phoniness; he world is not simple as he would like it to be. But Holden changes. The scene when Holden ... ...

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... . Holden admits that he becomes sexually driven. However Holden decides simply not to go through with the act of sex with his encounter with Sunny the prostitute. While talking to Carl Luce, Holden wonders if he needs psychoanalysis because he has difficulty being intimate with a girl unless he really cares about here. Luce however lacks the maturity or good sense to ... ...

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