... from falling into the world of adulthood, full of phonies. He wants to shield them from the horrible things that exist in the real world. Holden admires people who are innocent such as Phoebe, the Nuns, and Allie. He remembers Jane as innocent and is unable to re-contact her, in fear that her ... written it" (Salinger, p 201) If children see this written on the walls they will wonder what is means and will probably find out from the wrong people and get the wrong meaning to the already horrible word. When Holden sees the words again, only this time scratched in he is unable to erase it l...

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• Grade Level: High School

... asks her to flee from this corrupt world and live in the woods with him. However, she tells him he is crazy and then leaves him. Holden meets some more people later, but they also cannot solve his problems, and he feels more and more depressed and lonely. He finally decides to run away and live as ... a deaf-mute who will not need to communicate with anyone. Before leaving, he goes to say good-bye to his little sister, Pheobe, who he admires the most. While talking and ... a depressed character because he feels alone in the most of the time, and he never finds any place where he feels...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and almost everything in it is "phony." He rejects the world around him because of its "phoniness" and fantasizes about his own world. When he meets people, he gives them fake identities to protect himself from exposing his true identity. This indicates that he regards himself as someone that the society rejects. He thinks ... doesn't know anyone and no one knows him. This shows us how much Holden is rejecting society and reality. Holden also mentions that he"ll become a deaf-mute so that he won't have to have those "god damn stupid useless conversations" with anybody and here he is aga...

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... parents if they are socially pleasing. The segregation society makes is repelling to Holden. He doesn't want to accept these things as normal the way other people accept them. Aside from the schools, Holden finds himself an alien in the every day world of New York City. The hypocrisy and vulgarity of ... has nobody who can relate to his condition. The climax of his desperation occurs when Holden decides to run away from society and pretend to be a "deaf mute- so he could be literally alienated from the world. His desire to run away signifies his refusal to have anything in common with a ...

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• Grade Level: High School