Examples Of Lying In Catcher In The Rye
At certain points, lying isn’t always so bad. In the novel, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, begins with a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield narrating a story about himself. The story consists of him being kicked out of school, nostalgia, dealing with phonies, and innocence. It also focuses on children’s innocence, as for the adults they’re mostly tainted throughout the book. Holden finds the little things about children cheers him up in way, as for adults who are mostly considered “phonies” are criticised by him. He seems like he wants to protect the innocence in them with that, results in a bundle of lying. Deceiving another isn’t always bad because it can delay pain or suffering, protect other’s innocence, and ease social situations.
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The scene when Holden deceives Ernest Morrow's mother, it is articulated that Holden lies about Ernest being such a great guy, instead of talking about his flaws in front of Mrs. Morrow. Holden is knowledgeable of fooling mothers, “ You take somebody’s mother, and all they want to hear about is what a hot-shot their son is. Then I really started chucking the old crap around” (Salinger, 56). He loves to see how ignorant and innocent people are, Holden sees that she is so astounded by her son’s behavior in school. This is due to Holden lying, but she will find out the truth that her son is a “rat”, and he will be for his whole life according to Holden. Instead Mrs. Morrow is convinced that her son is a very shy and modest guy, he has given her a chance to delay pain. The pain of her child being called a “rat”, no mother would want to hear their child to be named like that, and so Holden has done a good thing in a way. Although, this isn’t the only way lying is beneficial, it can also protect people.
Protecting another’s innocence by lying is tolerable. Holden witnesses profanity around the city. Graffiti and carvings of the phrase “Fuck you” is seen multiple times, and it agitates Holden. An upsetting display results with Holden’s rant, “Somebody’d written “Fuck you” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy… I kept wanting to kill to whoever’d written it” (Salinger, 201). He envisions the children questioning what it means, and a cocky human bluntly stating what it means. This type of defacement and profanity is not appreciated by Holden. Concerned about the children he instinctively rubs it
The scene when Holden deceives Ernest Morrow's mother, it is articulated that Holden lies about Ernest being such a great guy, instead of talking about his flaws in front of Mrs. Morrow. Holden is knowledgeable of fooling mothers, “ You take somebody’s mother, and all they want to hear about is what a hot-shot their son is. Then I really started chucking the old crap around” (Salinger, 56). He loves to see how ignorant and innocent people are, Holden sees that she is so astounded by her son’s behavior in school. This is due to Holden lying, but she will find out the truth that her son is a “rat”, and he will be for his whole life according to Holden. Instead Mrs. Morrow is convinced that her son is a very shy and modest guy, he has given her a chance to delay pain. The pain of her child being called a “rat”, no mother would want to hear their child to be named like that, and so Holden has done a good thing in a way. Although, this isn’t the only way lying is beneficial, it can also protect people.
Protecting another’s innocence by lying is tolerable. Holden witnesses profanity around the city. Graffiti and carvings of the phrase “Fuck you” is seen multiple times, and it agitates Holden. An upsetting display results with Holden’s rant, “Somebody’d written “Fuck you” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy… I kept wanting to kill to whoever’d written it” (Salinger, 201). He envisions the children questioning what it means, and a cocky human bluntly stating what it means. This type of defacement and profanity is not appreciated by Holden. Concerned about the children he instinctively rubs it