The Catcher In The Rye
The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really theyre as Holden put it “phonies.” This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in the 1950s; so Im pretty sure that he didnt encounter any transvestites, lesbians, or anything that extreme of phoniest. Or on the other hand he could have liked them for being as Elmemson said a “none conformist.” But I doubt it, he seemed to like kids more than anything. And his job, as he felt, was to protect them in their innocents; of which I will talk about in my second theme.
The first example that stands out in my mind is the scene with Stradlater in the “can.” If you remember Stradlater was getting ready for his other date while Holden watched him. “Stradlater was a secret slob” in public he always looked good and got all the girls but in fact he was a slob. His razor that made him look so good was “rusty as hell and full on lather and hair and crap.” This proves that he is a slob to “never
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