Essay Archive - The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols
The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols
The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect
but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of
times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in
the 1950's; so I'm pretty sure that he didn't encounter any transvestites,
lesbians, or anything that extreme of phoniest. Or on the other hand he could
have liked them for being as Elmemson said a "none conformist." But I doubt it,
he seemed to like kids more than anything. And his job, as he felt, was to
protect them in their inn....
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