HOLDEN IN THE CATHER IN THE RYE

In “The Catcher in the Rye” the main character and narrator of the story is Holden Caufield. Holden is telling the story of his adolescence from a hospital in California after having had a nervous breakdown. Holden is a troubled teenager that is unable to cope with school, people and life. Holden lies a lot and for many different reasons but I believe the biggest reason he lies is to make it easier for him to cope with the world.
Holden believes that the adult world is full of “phonies” and although he hated adults for being phony on some level, I believe, that he felt in order to fit in he too had to be a phony himself and lie. On page 87, Holden says, “If you want to stay alive, you have to say that kind of stuff, though.”
Another reason, I think Holden lies is because he is not content or satisfied with who ...