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Childish behavior- erin

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He doesn't like growing up and trys to avoid it as much as he can at his age, and would save children from growing up if he could. - Erin

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When Holden tells Phoebe that what he would like would be to catch children in a field or rye with no adults around, it demonstrates how much he longs to remain young and his fear or growing up and entering adulthood.

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When talking about his roommate in the story, he talks about him in a almost glorifying manner, constantly praising his appearance as he got ready in the mirror. -erin

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growing up comes with change, and holden hates change which is the entirety of adulthood, and why he constantly tries to escape it, like constantly failing school

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Holden tries to preserve Phoebe’s innocence by insisting her to ride on the carousel like she used to when she was younger

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how grief affects peoples actions

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Nostalgia; longing for the past

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He believes that everyone at pencey prep including students as well as the staff where and are phony. - erin

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The way how someone presented himself, for example sally really affected how he viewed them and how much he liked them

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Holden often describes people’s physical appearance and allows that to determine how he thinks of them. An example would be Ackley, whose appearance is not admired by Holden, along with him as a person.

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escapism through drinking

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Holden wanted to run away out west

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golden loves the museum because it never changes, and holden fears change very much, specifically holden fears growing up. holden wants things to remain the same forever.

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In the story Holden isolates himself from others while watching the game. Instead of watching the game with the other spectators, he watches by himself on top of Thomsen Hill. Holden watches people and the game instead of connecting with other people. -Elizabeth

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When Holden leaves Pencey Prep, he spends a lot of time on his own and chooses not to return to his home immediately. Him deciding to be on his own could be due to not wanting to form relationships with people that may lead to disappointment and further depression for him.

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Holdens kinda a phony himself, he brags about how good of a liar he is - Joshua E

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golden uses his appearance to sneak into night clubs and bars when he gets to new york

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His perception of the museum shows his fear of growth and change. He wants everything to remain the same like how it is in the museum.

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Holden believes that growing up means losing innocence, something he wants to preserve in young people

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holden constantly criticizes everything from his former friends, to institutions, because he wants everything to be as pure as possible

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He uses his red hat as a form of protection throughout the book. Many times in the story when faced with situations he doesn't understand or is embarrassed by, he would look for his red hat to hide under. - erin

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Holden would make fun of Ackley’s appearance especially the fact that he had acne

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He views most people as “phonies” and ingenuine and chooses not to interact with many people due to this.

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Holdens more interested in things that are constant and dont change along with his age like the museum - Joshua E

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he often talks about apperance and if you're good looking person, things will go your way

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ever since allie died, holden has been depressed. he literally broke his hand so that he wouldn’t have to go to his brother’s funeral. keeping one’s distance and staying away is a form of protection

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He called Ernie, the piano player, a phony as he thinks he plays too efficient. Ernie also has this huge mirror reflecting his expression when he plays, which a Holden thinks is phony as well.

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Holden often talks about things that he shouldn’t really be thinking about, such as sex, and some actions like smoking, and getting drunk

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An item Holden used as a form of alienation

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the struggle of accepting change

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he thinks his roommate is phony

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he called the actors phony, he thinks that they never act like people