Holden always calls the adults of his world phonies. But do you think he's sorta a phony himself, or at least at some level, a hypocrite? I remember when we first learned about the book in class I heard from one of my classmates that they thought Holden was a phony himself. I forgot their reason why though.
Well first off, is running away from the problems you detest so much and wish to end considered hypocritical? Because Holden detests the phoniness of the adult world so much and wants to save children from this, but in the middle of the book he talks about how he wants to go West. and live in the woods or something with only Phoebe. total isolation and just running away.
Well first off, is running away from the problems you detest so much and wish to end considered hypocritical? Because Holden detests the phoniness of the adult world so much and wants to save children from this, but in the middle of the book he talks about how he wants to go West. and live in the woods or something with only Phoebe. total isolation and just running away.