The Catcher In The Rye: Phoniness - The True Face And The False Face

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In the meantime, he
tries to find the meaning of his existence. There's Holden's false front,
a rude and without standard teen, but what's behind it are important. A
decent, sympathetic and mature teen lies behind the mask. The only time
he reveals these distinctions is when he comes to some points and some
people, especially children. For example, when Holden decide to go to the
west, he wrote a note to Phoebe to tell her that meets him at the museum.
While he was waiting, there's two kids that came up and asked Holden where
is the mummies, he stated: ". . . The one little kid, the one that asked
me, had his pants open. I told him about it. So he buttoned them up right
where he was standing talking to me--he didn't even bother to go behind a
post or anything. I would've laughed . . ."
In addition, Holden displayed maturity at one point. A positive
incident took place with his old girl friend, Jane Gallagher. While
Holden and Jane were playing checkers, Mr. Cudahy, Jane's ...

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