![]() ![]() Yet because of these memories, Holden has developed the unique ability to speak candidly (though not articulately) about the people he meets. Thus the poor boy is left with a cluster of memories, some good but most bad. Antolini, proves to be a phony when he attempts to fondle Holden. Holden automatically associates skill with arrogance (from past experiences no doubt) and thus can't separate the two. Even Ernie, the piano player, is phony because he's too skillful. He rejects his roommate Stradlater because Stradlater doesn't value the memories so dear to Holden (Allie's baseball glove and Jane's kings in the back row). Holden uses the word phony to identify everything in the world which he rejects. The only people he trusts and respects are Allie, his deceased brother, and Phoebe, his younger sister. In fact there is little in the world that he does understand. He distrusts his teachers and parents not because he wants to separate himself from them, but because he can't understand them. Holden, unlike the usual fictional teenager, doesn't express normal rebellion. ![]() Holden is much more than a troubled teen going through "a phase." Indeed Holden is a very special boy with special needs. ![]() Salinger presents an image of an atypical adolescent boy in The Catcher in the Rye. This is The Catcher in the Rye study guide. ![]()
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