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The Metamorphosis of Holden in Sallingers Catcher in the Rye     In J.D. Sallingers Catcher in the Rye, is based on the sullen life of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old teen-ager is trying to find his sense of direction. Holden, a growing adult, cannot accept the responsibilities of an adult. Eventually realizing that there is no direction to avoid the adult life, he can only but accept this alternative lifestyle. What Holden describes the adult world as a sinful, corrupted life, he avoids it for trey important reasons His hatred towards phonies and liars, unable to accept adult responsibilities, and thirdly to enshrine his childhood youth.   Holden uses the word phony to identify everything in the world that he rejects or encounters with. People are too talkative, too quiet, or dissimilar. Holden, himself, believes he is this perfect person, but no one believes that he is. This is why Holden believes he is surrounded by phoniness. For example, Ossenburger of Pencey Prep, emphasizes that he talked to Jesus all the time, even when he was driving his car. Holden thinks this is a load of crap and asserts, that killed me. I just see the big phony dump shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs (17). Holden sees why he would pray to Jesus, only to send him more or less more dead bodies to get more business. Not only do phonies bug Holden, but liars and crooks. Another example is Sunny and Maurice, the elevator boy. Maurice offers Holden a defile for the night, Innarested in having a infinitesimal tail tnight (90)? Holden decides to take up on this offer, and later that night, as promised Sunny knocks at his door. After entering the room, Holden cannot make a decision to sleep with the ruin, an example of Holden clinging on to his childhood. He instead pays the prostitute for her trouble getting to his room, but after leaving, she barges back in with Maurice, complaining of how fiddling she got . Maurice roughs up Holden and gets to his money, where Holden thinks more deprecate towards phonies and liars. Realizing what a real phony and liar people bound to be growing up, he decides to avoids the real world supererogatory Essays - The Metamorphosis of Holden in Sallingers Catcher in the Rye Catcher Rye Essays The Metamorphosis of Holden in Sallingers Catcher in the Rye     In J.D. Sallingers Catcher in the Rye, is based on the sullen life of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old teen-ager is trying to find his sense of direction. Holden, a growing adult, cannot accept the responsibilities of an adult. Eventually realizing that there is no way to avoid the adult life, he can only but accept this alternative lifestyle. What Holden describes the adult world as a sinful, corrupted life, he avoids it for triad important reasons His hatred towards phonies and liars, unable to accept adult responsibilities, and thirdly to enshrine his childhood youth.   Hol den uses the word phony to identify everything in the world that he rejects or encounters with. People are too talkative, too quiet, or dissimilar. Holden, himself, believes he is this perfect person, but no one believes that he is. This is why Holden believes he is surrounded by phoniness. For example, Ossenburger of Pencey Prep, emphasizes that he talked to Jesus all the time, even when he was driving his car. Holden thinks this is a load of crap and asserts, that killed me. I just see the big phony dent shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs (17). Holden sees why he would pray to Jesus, only to send him rough more dead bodies to get more business. Not only do phonies bug Holden, but liars and crooks. Another example is Sunny and Maurice, the elevator boy. Maurice offers Holden a prostitute for the night, Innarested in having a little tail tnight (90)? Holden decides to take up on this offer, and later that night, as promised Sunny kn ocks at his door. After entering the room, Holden cannot make a decision to sleep with the prostitute, an example of Holden clinging on to his childhood. He instead pays the prostitute for her trouble getting to his room, but after leaving, she barges back in with Maurice, complaining of how little she got. Maurice roughs up Holden and gets to his money, where Holden thinks more deprecate towards phonies and liars. Realizing what a real phony and liar people bound to be growing up, he decides to avoids the real world