The Satire Of Holden Caulfield

Holden Caulfield is one messed up dude. He has so much going on in his life and nothing at all at the same time. He dramatizes the little problems and blatantly disregards his large and prominent issues. The boy has a drinking and a smoking problem at sixteen. He has social anxiety, he's clueless about women, he's a terrible student, and he's on a wild ride on a depressive roller coaster. Holden refuses to take life seriously and is almost proud of it. He's rude to most people he talks to and is unnecessarily fake with who he's civil with. He has some major growing up to do, but who doesn't?

Holden Caulfield is not an honest person. He lies to everyone's face, including his own. He doesn't tell anyone how he truest feels and doesn't really

Even though I wasn't a huge fan of the novel itself, I can recognize that it's humourous. I think the satire effect stems directly from Holden's use of sarcasm as a coping mechanism. Is there any better way to avoid your problems than laughing them off? Not according to Caulfield. His constant joking is the only way that this book could possibly be relatable or even bearable for high schoolers. Holden goes through a series of events that many teenagers can identify with but nobody wants to just listen to some kid complain. I know I wouldn't be been able to sit down and read about some whiny white guy that thinks he's way better than everyone. Would

He has been determined to do things his own way and stray from the pack. He talks so much trash on the world and what's wrong with it. He despises social norms and people that don't. But he is also one of the biggest hypocrites in a book about phoneys. He only hates the boys in his class because he's jealous of them. It's much easier to say that they are missing out on him rather than he missing out on them. It's really easy to hate women when you're repeatedly rejected by them. He dismisses school because it's way easier to say that the teachers are bs than that it's hard or that he's struggling.

The Author uses humor throughout the book to lighten the mood. If Holden is joking about it then we shouldn't be worried about it, right? When he talks about killing himself, if he chuckles then it's not serious.This tactic is also common in current day teenagers. Nobody wants to be taken seriously because nobody wants to be investigated. Its no fun to have people asking you all these questions about something that obviously don't want to talk about. Teenagers are really bad at communication and humor is the easiest way to hide that. Nobody likes a mopey guy but everybody likes a jokey