Catcher In the Rye, How "phonies" effect Holden

A couple of weeks ago I started reading Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Slanger. Although I have been taking my time reading this book, it's already hit me that J.D. Slanger's ways of writing are not something that you find often when reading books. Holden Caulfeild, a student in college, has never been one to try his hardest in school. In fact, he has been expelled from quite a large amount of schools, regarding that the average kid has never been expelled once. Slanger is writing from Holden's perspective, letting the reader in on every little detail going on in Holden's mind. Holden is a extremely opinionated character. He is not a fan of phony's, and when he sees a phony, then you will be sure to know because he has no limits in his mind to judging who he wants, no matter how well he knows them. In the start of this book, Holden gets kicked out of Pencey prep for his failing grades. His parents do not know and he wishes to keep if that way until they receive the letter in the mail informing them of this news. Having no problems leaving his Pencey prep hallways full of "phony's" as he describes them all with clear and detailed descriptions, he packs his bags and travels to Manhattan in hops of getting a vacation before he faces his parents. 

Holden Caulfeild is a strange character. I've never read a book that has had a character with as much of a strong personality as Holden. Although it is so clear in his mind of what he thinks of everyone around him, I don't think that he has even the slightest clue what he might seem as to others. From what I've read of this book, Holden has so much depth to who he is as a person, that it blocks him from being able to portray his thoughts on the outside because he considers the world to be filled with "phonies". What I think is that Holden hides what he thinks because he feels that there is no use to telling it to someone who is fake. There are times in the beginning of the book where he talks to people who he considers "phonies", and while aloud he is nice, but not completely himself, inside he is raving with thoughts that are completely different and that have explainable depth to them. In the end what I am trying to portray in this post is that Holden is too different people completely. Us as readers can see the difference between his two selves, and that also gives us the ability to know why he acts so different around other people.