"IF YOU REALLY want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is were I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." Holden Caulfield is the troubled teenage protagonist in the novel The Catcher In The Rye. J. D. Salinger writes about Holden's unusual physical and psychological characteristics. Holden tells the story from the first person point of view about his last day at Pencey up until present day (for him).
             Holden is extremely judgmental about everyone he comes across. He criticizes people who are corny, insecure, boring, or in his words "phony." He believes that everyone is superficial. In his opinion, people act typical so that they will be looked at and accepted as typical. So, people who attempt to be typical or normal are merely "phonies." Whenever there is a conversation between another character and Holden, he calls it "shooting the bull." This is because he feels that people just "act" like they are interested. In actuality, his judgments are shallower than the people he judges. He neglects to look deeply into a person before he passes his judgment.
             "Hey listen...you know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?" If someone was to hear this question, it is most likely that he or she would assume that it was a young child asking. This quote shows that Holden doesn't want to grow up, and he is youthful and immature. Although he looks old with his gray hair and towering height, Holden is a child inside. This childishness shows that Holden is unable to see the complexity of the adult world. He even refu...