Salinger tells a story of a young man named .
Holden Caulfield and the experiences he faces after being dismissed from school. On his .
trip, he meets many different people all of whom he viciously criticizes and complains .
about adult evils. Holden Caulfield consistently condemns adult corruption and the .
"phoniness" in people, but he consistently contradicts himself and therefore is a phony .
and a hypocrite. This can all be proven in the book, by misrepresenting himself to others, .
his self contradictory actions and his own behaviour at certain places. .
Holden is a hypocrite because he enjoys things that he strongly criticizes. Early on .
in the story he says that he hates "movies like prison" (29), but he goes to the movies .
anyway. When he is with Sally he buys tickets to see the Lunts, even though earlier he .
said that he didn't even like the Lunts; he even admits that "the show wasn't as bad as .
some I've seen" (125) after it was over. Another example of his hypocrisy is evident .
when he criticizes his school, Pencey Prep, but then later praises it for having a good .
academic rating. Clear confirmation that Holden is a phony.
When meeting new people Holden is never honest about anything he discusses. .
For instance, while on the train back to NY, he struck up a conversation with Mrs. .
Morrow and introduced himself as a Rudolf Schmidt. They began to talk and then Holden .
(or Rudolf) explained to her that he was going home early because he had an operation .
for a tiny tumor in his brain. This incident is further, revolting evidence of Holden's .
hypocrisy.
His behaviour can also be seen as an instance of him being two-faced. Once in his .
room at the Edmont Hotel, Holden quickly becomes a voyeur to the activities of others in .
the hotel. He detests the hotel (which he chose himself) because it "was lousy with .
perverts" (62), yet HE is the one who observes a male transvestite strut around in a .
nearby apartment.
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The first literary device, which constitutes the development of this major theme in the book The Catcher in the rye, is characterization. ... Holden finds the hypocrisy and the ugliness of the world around him unbearable. ... I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." Holden envisions himself a catcher in a field of rye. ... He realizes it is unfashionable but likes to wear it as a baseball catcher might. ...
Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is frequently being banned from high schools. ... Although it does contain invective speech and sexual connotations, The Catcher in the Rye by J. ... It may be obvious why so many high schools are banning Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. ... Another cardinal notion for teenagers who are entering adulthood is the central theme of The Catcher in the Rye, the loss of innocence. ... I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. (173) When Holden divulges that he wishes to be the catcher in the rye, he is unveiling his desire to protect childhood...
Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye. ... He believes that once you become an adult, you are washed away in a world chock-full of a hypocrisy and contradiction. ... He is ultimately the "catcher in the rye" which is a stanza from a Robert Burns poem, "Comin' Thro The Rye". ... Salinger published The Catcher In The Rye in a state of post-war flux. ... They felt more inclined to move out West to avoid the post-war confusion and hypocrisy that the "phonies" have caused. ...
Salinger's most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, ironically is autobiographical in nature. ... Since The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger has written very little. ... Also, I wonder why Salinger hasn't written anything since The Catcher in the Rye. ... Another of Holden's old girlfriends, Sally Hayes, is a prime example of the hypocrisy Holden sees in the world. ... He believes that in a world full of so much hypocrisy and ugliness, innocence can only be found in children. ...
