The Cathcer In The Rye
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Holden Caulfield, by becoming the biggest phony of all, creates a fantasy world to protect himself from the reality that he can not face. This can be seen from the fact that he will not accept his brother's death, refers to almost everyone as being a "phony," and looks beyond the obvious.
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.... him insane. In order for him to stay safe he must evaluate other people and make sure that he is better off then they are.
Holden never realizes that children were the ones who sprayed graffiti all over the museum, and that his sister understood the way he thought. To Holden all children were innocent and he felt that he had to protect that innocence, therefore Holden could not face the reality that not all children were innocent and some would vandalize property; to Holden bad things onl ....
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Word count: 323
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)