Holden Caulfield is a 16-17 year-old boy who attends college preparatory schools. (Schools is plural because he's been kicked out of three of them.)He's also been through a lot in his young life, such as losing his little brother Allie to leukemia, and he's not functioning very well because of it. In an effort to cope with life, Holden lies:
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on...
Holden Caulfield is a 16-17 year-old boy who attends college preparatory schools. (Schools is plural because he's been kicked out of three of them.)He's also been through a lot in his young life, such as losing his little brother Allie to leukemia, and he's not functioning very well because of it. In an effort to cope with life, Holden lies:
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible" (16).
The above passage is so ironic because Holden is also very critical of other people who he views as phonies. Usually phonies are adults, but he points out many others throughout the book as well. What's ironic, is he never figures out that he's probably one of the greatest hypocrites, too. At least he knows he's a liar, right?
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