How Is Holden Caulfield Dishonest

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Grisselle Batista                                                                                                                 03/06/17 American Literature Mr. Chomin The Catcher in the Rye “Some people are like trees, they take forever to grow up” - anonymous. One theme the novel explores is “growing up.” Holden Caulfield seems very immature at the beginning of the story. He is dishonest to other extraneous characters. He is hypocritical. As the story progresses he gradually accepts reality and moderately matures.     Holden seems very immature at the beginning of the story. We often see that he is dishonest to other extraneous characters. For instance, when he lies about his identity. He say his name is, "Rudolf Schmidt," I told her.

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