Analyze the nature of “phoniness”.

Phonies: Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, our narrator Holden Caulfield constantly voices his displeasure for phonies or things that are phony in his mind. Analyze the nature of “phoniness”. W hy do people pretend to be something that they are not? Is Holden justified in calling everyone he meets a phony? Would he feel the same way about people in the 21st century? – 750 – 1000 words – minimum 4 sources