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The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols


The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect
but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of
times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in
the 1950's; so I'm pretty sure that he didn't encounter any transvestites,
lesbians, or anything that extreme of phoniest. Or on the other hand he could
have liked them for being as Elmemson said a "none conformist." But I doubt it,
he seemed to like kids more than anything. And his job, as he felt, was to
protect them in their innocents; of which I will talk about in my second theme.

The first example that stands out in my mind is the scene with Stradlater in the
"can." If you remember Stradlater was getting ready for his other date while
Holden watched him. "Stradlater was a secret slob" in public he always looked
good and got all the girls but in fact he was a slob. His razor that made him
look so......

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