omas Taylor feels that Holden Caulfield's telling of the story brings forth a feeling of him being the only character present in the novel. Outside facts about Caulfield's being are not even once as urgent as the complete vision exposed by the character's personal ideas about the "phony" planet on which he resides. The recognizable trait of recognizing fakes has earned the character a unique position in writing (260). Second, Sandock observes that Holden senses a "scathing, harrowing disgust" about the "phonies" who seem to make Holden feel that he is being suffocated by them. He is "disgusted with the lack of sincerity and the advertisement of phonies, hot shots, jerks, bastards and morons" less than he is disgusted with the "phoniness that is excellence corrupted" (620). Lastly, Lundquist adds a final perspective of Holden Caulfield by saying, "The way (he) sees the world is stated in the novel's most famous line, 'If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "*censored* you" signs in the world' " (519). Therefore it can be seen that Holden Caulfield's character is the major component in The Catcher In The Rye.This classic supports Taylor's, Sandock's and Lundquists's perspectives on Holden Caulfield's character. Taylor's observation that Holden possesses a unique ability to detect "phonies" is substantiated in The Catcher In The Rye. In this classic Holden Caulfield quickly discovers that Pencey Prep, the private boy's school he attends, is phony. Pencey Prep claims that it molds the youth. However, Holden knows differently. "They don't do any more damn molding at Pencey than they do at any other school," comments Caulfield after explaining Pencey's magazine ads. Pencey's advertisements featured a "hot-shot guy on a horse jumping over a fence. Like as if all you ever did a Pencey was play polo all the time. I never even once saw a horse anywhere near the place" (2). Another example ...
