els about each member of his family is a task that may not even be entirely possible. Holden is the storyteller in Salingers novel. Therefore, to what extent can his version be trusted or deemed as fact? This idea is addressed through Corbetts elucidation: "Holden is himself a phony. He is an inveterate liar; he frequently masquerades as someone he is not; he fulminates against foibles of which he himself is guilty; he frequently vents his spleen about his friends, despite the fact that he seems to be advocating the need for charity" (71). If Holden is a liar and a phony, perhaps his portrayal of each family member is totally false. However, his consistent and repetitive accounts at least give the reader some idea of how an adolescent boy, facing the common experiences and troubles of daily life, views each member of his family....
