![]() ![]() He does not understand that he must desist from lying to himself. The reason that he believes everybody is a “phony” is he so deliberately and fervently tries not being a “phony”. Holden does not accept his culpability only, instead, blames the school. Rather, it is due to the fact his school was “full of phonies. Withal, he does not commence this conflict for the exclusive reason of failing school or attaining his parents’ disdain. Instead of being veracious, he schemes to “ away…get a job on a ranch or something for a while” (214). He does not want to handle the consequences, so he is further challenging his parents’ dominion. This demeanor indicates that he consciously foments conflicts with his parents, and does not care. The conflict between the two parties has chiefly to do with Holden’s implementation at school.Īlbeit, he does not care about school, he knows that his parents “ be pretty irritated”, and yet, he keeps failing school (Salinger 13). Although, in the story, Holden is never face-to-face with his parents, he often finds ways to ventilate the conflicts he has with them. Throughout the book, Holden is incessantly in a basic conflict with his parents. Self conflict is the initiator of all other conflicts and is exemplified in Holden’s conflicts with his parents, his teachers, and his peers. Yet, these are all inveterately established in his conflict within himself. Holden, the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J. In Buddhism, it is said that to be at peace with the world, one must be at peace with oneself. Self conflict can be the antecedent of all other conflicts. There are many diverse types of conflict: conflict with self, with people, with nature, and so forth. However, “conflict” does not mean “altercation”. Some people rise up in choler at the word while others cower in trepidation. People have very disparate reactions to the word “conflict”. The widely regarded Russian author, Leo Tolstoy, once said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself” (Creative Quotes). ![]()
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