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For several reasons. One of them (and only one) is "herd mentality", such as when Holden is in the nightclub, and everyone is listening to "Ernie" play the piano. When he finishes, the crowd applauds wildly, and Holden observes "all the phonies went mad with joy". He also observes that Ernie bows "like he's this real humble guy or something". He describes the entire nighclub by saying "the place was crawling with phonies".
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What was significant about Holden's obsession with phonies?
The significance is that Holden himself is a phony, yet he does not realize it.
How do Holden's feelings about adults differ from his outlook about children?
Holden feels adults are phonies and just want the latest, cooloest car. He thinks adulthood is boring and he doesn't want to go into it. He thinks children are innocent and perfect with no problems. Holden wants to stay a child because he associates it with good memories of the past.
What did holden caulfield not like?
In the Catcher in the Rye, the thing that Holden hated the most were phonies. He also didnt like adults, pency prep and stradlater but the reason behind his hate all were linked to phonieness. like adults, he doesnt like them because they are phony and dillusional. he did not like mr.antolini after the visit Holden made to his house.
How does Holden describe adulthood?
He describes it as being cruel and horrible.
What does Holden dislike in The Catcher in the Rye?
Phonies & anything or anyone not compassionate
Why did Holden leave Elkton Hills?
Holden said " One of the biggest reasons why I left Elkon Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies."
What does Holden give us as the reason for leaving Elkton Hills?
He says that he was "surrounded by phonies".
How does holden feel about actors the lunts?
Holden feels all actors are "phonies" and the Lunts were no exception, his particular complaint about them being that they were too good.
How does Holden feel about actors and the Lunts?
Holden feels all actors are "phonies" and the Lunts were no exception, his particular complaint about them being that they were too good.
Why doesn't Holden want to stay at Pencey anymore?
its for phoneys
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
The Catcher in the Rye Why wasen't Holden at the big football game?
Holden didn't go to the football game because he didn't want to be with all the "phonies." He also visited his history teacher, Spencer. Then he left Pencey
