Catcher In The Rye
            
            
             The book Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger is one of his finest books in which he describes the characters so intensely. The main character, Holden Caulfield, is the most complex character in the book. His personality changes so frequently, which gives him countless character traits. The story begins when Holden is being kicked out of his prep school in Pennsylvania. He tells about his family and how his brother D.B. is in Hollywood making movies. Holden despises movies; he can't even stand talking about them. J.D Salinger uses an interesting vernacular for Holden. He expresses his view through pain and pleasure.
            
             Holden also greatly stands as a critic of society. He takes a stance against phoniness, hypocrisy, obscenity, and passiveness. In the book Holden talks about how everyone in the world is phony, at one point Holden goes to the movie and the lady that sat next to him couldn't stop crying, Holden thought that was extremely spurious because the movie was about a man that looses his conscience and his girlfriend is terribly upset, so then the man magically wakes up and they finally get married. That was especially phony to Holden. But what made it even phonier was that the lady sitting next to him was crying the whole movie. He thought she was very benevolent to think something like a movie was sad but she was yelling at her child the entire time so Holden changed his mind about the benevolent lady. Also Holden talks about how everybody at Pency Prep is phony, Especially the teachers. Firstly, the ad for Pency in the magazines or newspapers is extremely phony because it states, "
            
            
             Holden is by far the most complex character in the book (arguable the only complex character). He serves three major purposes in the novel. Firstly, he stands as a critic of society, taking a stance against phoniness, hypocrisy, obscenity, and passiveness. Secondly, he is an adolescent, caught between the ...