Analyzing Holden Caufield and his characteristics from "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D.Salinger
In this story, The catcher in the rye, Holden Caufield is seventeen years old teenager who goes to Pencey Prep School. He rebels against society to fight back with phoniness and adults. He couldn't deal with change, and he wants everything to be retained. Holden loves children, because they are pure and not infected by society's phoniness. He especially loves Phoebe, his 10 years old sister. He founds that he is totally separated from everyone.
Holden …
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…be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy" (173) He wants to protect children from society's phoniness and adults. He finds himself separated from everything. He'd consider nearly everyone as "Phony" and "Moron", because he don't want to accept that he is "Phony" and "Moron". Holden is phony and moron, because he blames others for his own problems.
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