he extreme to consider Mr., Antolini as a pervert and "flitty" simply because of a misunderstanding. "I mean I wondered if just maybe I was wrong about thinking he [Mr. Antolini] was making a flitty pass at me" ( Salinger 1951, 194), explains that Holden's misjudgment of people (results) in his isolation. Moreover, Mr. Antolini was only showing fatherly affection and concern for Holden, but yet again he rejects it. He constantly rants on individuals that appear to be "flitty" due to his own fear as waking up one morning to realize he had turned into a homosexual: " A flitty looking guy with wavy hair came out ad played the piano..." (Salinger 1951, 149). His resentment is explained because he "...is betrayed at the outset by a school master (phony-crumby) and at the end by another (phony- perverted)" (Kermode 1958, 705).
             Flaws that Holden observes in an individual are attributed to the person as being "phony" which
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