How to talk to Holden Caulfield
Holden Caulfield is the master of “phony”s he will decide who is and isn’t and anyone one who doesn’t agree most certainly is a phony. Throughout this novel, especially as we approached the end, we watched as it became more difficult to talk with Holden, as he considered nearly everyone around him a phony. In class on January 28th we wrote and discussed how we would talk to Holden in these moments as he is rejecting everyone. Would we give him advice, or just let him speak? Would we agree with him no matter what, or would we disagree with the risk of being called a phony? Throughout the novel, Holden’s common hatred of phonies comes from the idea that they just follow along with society. It is clear that Holden feels almost estranged from society because it is inherently evil. Holden clearly believes this upper-class society he has been raised in is negative, and wants nothing less than to be far-far from it, out west (taking it easy). So to get on his good side, you must...