Holden Caulfield, by becoming the biggest phony of all, creates a fantasy world to protect himself from the reality that he can not face. This can be seen from the fact that he will not accept his brother's death, refers to almost everyone as being a "phony," and looks beyond the obvious. Throughout the story Holden constantly refers back to his younger brother, Allie. Every time something significant happens Holden reminisces back to the time that Allie was still alive and tell us an anecdote about how smart Allie was or how Allie would have done it. This is a clear example that he can not accept the death of his brother, so he pretends that he is till alive, to take the pain away. Holden calls everyone a phony, because they do not conform themselves to the way he thinks. Holden needs self-esteem so he likes to think of other people as bei....

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