e though that they hadn't seen each other for twenty years they probably even hugged and kissed checks and all." This is the kind of behavior that Holden obviously never grew up with, isn't used to, and doesn't like.Through his experiences in New York City, and his many flings with phony women, Holden grows to believe that everyone in phony in some way. He thinks that the whole world is phony, and it's not likely that everyone in the world is corrupted or "phony," so is it possible that all the characters in the novel are all really normal and Holden is really the only "phony" one?...
