How Is Holden Caulfield A Liar

80% of all people with clinical depression who have received treatment significantly improved their lives. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a sixteen year old boy. Holden Caulfield, the main character. He recounts the days following his expulsion from Pencey prep, a private school. After a fight with his room mate, Stradlater, Holden leaves school two days earlier to explore the streets of New York before returning home, interacting with old teachers, prostitutes, nuns, an old girlfriend, and his sister Phoebe along the way. The book illustrates a dramatic struggle against death and growing up. Neither of which Holden wants to experience. Holden is grieving because his brother Allie passed away. Him and his brother were close

Its not like he ever needed to lie. He just lied about everything for no reason. "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. Its awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera, its terrible." (Page 87 Salinger) This proves that he lies about everything for absolutely no reason. Sometimes probably because he's worried about what people will think about him. "This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat."(Salinger 117) He claims he "shoots" people. Just another pointless lie. "Its partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think some things all true." (Salinger 83). He lies about something but tells half the truth and then gets mad when people believe everything he

Probably because he is depressed, mourning for his brother, and no one pays him any attention. "Grand. There's a word I really hate. Its a phony. I could puke every time I hear it." (Salinger 48). For instance Holden gets really worked up and aggressive just because of the word grand. Now you can connect why he gets so aggressive. He thinks its phony because no one ever pays him mind so he feels their all phony. His parents don't pay him any mind so he also thinks that parents are phonies. "Goddam money. It ends up making you blue as hell." (Salinger 93). He gets all upset over money. Which is ironic because his family is rich. He gets himself into a bit of a predicament whit a prostitute later in the story. Holden gets aggressive over receiving gifts. "Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad." (Salinger 121). Caulfield feels bad to get things. All he really wants is his brother, Allie,