Holden's Perspective On The World
Throughout the novel, it is clear that Holden has been showing symptoms of depression and one of the main thoughts plaguing his mind is his view that people grow up to be inauthentic and fake as they think and act in ways that are considered to be normal. However, he does not explain much about the different aspects of his perspective on the world. Much of the interpretations are left to the readers, including what he thinks the root of this inauthenticity is from, and why he thinks in this perspective at all. In the book, it can be seen that he idolizes children, wanting to save them from adulthood. Furthermore, the fact that he believes that children would potentially become these adults who are phonies shows that he believes that the pathway that children take as they grow up will shape them into phonies. This pathway, however, would be the standard pathway that society expects of or sets for children. In fact, he even talks about wanting to run away from his current life