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What does Holden Caulfield mean by calling someone a phony?
he calls them a phony because he thinks they sre fake, in their personality and who they are as a person. but isn't Holden a phony himself for always lying.
In The Catcher in the Rye what is phony to holden?
he thinks phony is someone who discriminates against other or people who are untruthful.
Why doesn't holden like the lunts people like them?
they are phony
Why doesn't holden like the lunts or people like them?
they are phony
What is Holden's definition for phony?
Holden defines phony as someone or something that is insincere, fake, or pretentious. He uses the term to describe people whom he perceives as dishonest or inauthentic.
What does holden call faith Cavendish?
sex
Who does Holden not view as phony?
Jane Gallagher Allie Caulfield Phoebe Caulfield The Ducks The Nuns
Why does Holden talk so negatively about all those phonies?
Holden is in fact more of a phony than the people that he accuses. Holden believes that all adults are phony because of the fact that they take responsibility for their lives, even when things don't go your way, adults have to cope. Holden finds it particularly difficult to accept that his parents are able to move on from Allie's death. His parents move forward, continue to live, to work to make money. Unfortunately for Holden, he does not realize that life requires the living to go on, even though you bear a deep sadness and loss in your heart. D.B., Holden's older brother is a phony, a sell-out, because he writes scripts for Hollywood instead of serious books. Yet Holden, who refuses to participate in being a responsible student does not see his own faults. His family is not pretending to live, they are not phony, what is phony is Holden's refusal to grow up. You can't stop the process. It is phony of Holden to pretend to remain a child, when he knows that, he is maturing into a young adult. It is phony of Holden to say that he really cares about Jane Gallagher, yet he never calls her. When she has a date with Stradlater, Holden does not go to the Annex to say hello. Holden is a very depressed person, he is stuck in a grief cycle over his brother's death, refuses to accept responsibility and accuses everyone around him who lives their life of being a phony. - pmiranda2857
Why does Holden think Sally is a phony in Catcher in the Rye?
Sally - not unusual for a 16-year-old girl - flits from one thing to another on a moments notice, and is obviously (to the reader) fairly shallow. She does, however, show more common sense than Holden does in some things. But her shallowness alone earns her Holden's ultimate put-down: "Phony".
When does holden use the word phony?
Holden often uses the word "phony" to describe people whom he sees as inauthentic or hypocritical. He uses this term to criticize those who he perceives as being fake or pretentious in their behavior or speech.
What did the word phony mean to Holden Caulfield?
The most noticeable of Holden's "peculiarities" is how extremely judgmental he is of almost everything and everybody. He criticizes and philosophizes about people who are boring, people who are insecure, and, above all, people who are "phony." Holden carries this penchant for passing judgment to such an extreme that it often becomes extremely funny, such as when he speculates that people are so crass that someone will probably write "f*** you" on his tombstone. Holden applies the term "phony" not to people who are insincere but to those who are too conventional or too typical-for instance, teachers who "act like" teachers by assuming a different demeanor in class than they do in conversation or people who dress and act like the other members of their social class. While Holden uses the label "phony" to imply that such people are superficial, his use of the term actually indicates that his own perceptions of other people are superficial. In almost every case, he rejects more complex judgments in favor of simple categorical ones. -NERD!
What was significant about Holden's obsession with phonies?
The significance is that Holden himself is a phony, yet he does not realize it.
