When I met Holden Caulfield, my first impression was "And he just now started talking to a therapist?!" He comes off as eccentric, pessimistic, and just plain strange. I started to wonder how any person this different from me, who seems to find life pointless, could ever be related to me. But as I continued to read on, I realized he's merely holding open the feelings most of us try to repress for the whole world to see.
Holden is a simple seventeen year old, about 6 feet, partially grey-haired, and horribly skinny. He's also considered a total outcast. In a nutshell, he's the kind of guy you'd see receiving a swirly as you walk by the boys' bathroom. But as most outcasts, he proves simply to be a boy who happens to question the world for what it is.
Perhaps his most outspoken opinion is on "phonies". He calls them for what they really are, people who care way too much about material matters.
English: Holden Street, Mansfield
I'm Holden Caulfield
S. D. HoldenHis ideas of wealth and corruption apply to everyone. These are feelings we all share. I can scarcely remember him meeting anyone without complaining at least once about how fake their expressions were. But this is true of the world. Stop anyone walking down the street and they'll be forced to admit to placing some weight on wealth.
Our entire society is based around the idea of what you have, not what you are. Holden, instead of changing himself to fit the mold that has been set, decides to break the mold. The only problem is that most people like the mold just fine. He tries to share his theories with Sally Hayes, a girl he dates, but she reacts as I, myself, did. She thinks he's crazy.
This story seems to also centered...