Catcher Finale

The Catcher in the Rye was a pretty cool book even though I hated Holden. He lied all the time and turned out to be one of the phonies that he frequently criticized. I would compare Holden to the main character in the movie Liar Liar, except he never begins to tell the truth. Holden even goes beyond the frequecy of the lying of Fletcher Reede, the guy from Liar Liar, by lying even when he does not need to. He lies just for the fun of it and it really pisses me off. The only thing that agreed with him about was the people around him being "phonies" which I felt was very true. That is also true in the real world. People are always trying to look cool and act cool, and trying to be things that they are not. I hate that just as much as the lying because I don't think that a person should try to change who they are just to be liked by other people. I was surprised that I liked a book in which I hated the main character, but Catcher in the Rye turned out to be pretty good.