Rhetorical Analysis Essay On The Catcher In The Rye '

Dear Holden, I understand you have many things to consider at your point in life, but you are over thinking many things. In you conversation with Sally you mention the word “phony” often when you describe most of the people you have met. You said: "I hate living in New York and all. Taxicabs, Madison Avenue buses, with the drivers and all always yelling at you to get out at the rear door, and being introduced to phony guys that call the Lunts angels, and going up and down in elevators when you just want to go outside..."(pg 130) This type of thinking is just meaningless, your critiquing people and things without finding an answer to how to feel better. You are isolating yourself from many others by thinking you are the only one that
Right now is an important time, because you are advancing into maturity and getting older. When you analyze specific people and categorize them as “all people.” When you talk about such things it is clear you believe you are above such things and you want to remain unique, but really these people and things are the ones that bring you the most fear. Many things and events can lead a person to become in the isolated state you are in, my advice is to not let these things drag you down as a person, try to keep a positive outlook on life. Stick to the thign that bring you joy in life, and just get though the things you hate, like private schools, Holden had can have some horrible events that may lead us to become in the state he is. Everybody has to act like a phony sometimes, even you have done it. When the mother on the train, you described her son as a “real bastard.” However you didn't say this, you lied and told her about how great her son is and how everybody at Pencey is glad to know him. You said yourself you were a "Compulsive liar, I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say