In Holden's case, the word bogus is often used "You've never seen so many fakes in your entire life, y'all was smoking ears and talking the room while everyone could hear and know how sharp they were. For Holden, falsity is everything that is wrong with the world, and he believes that becoming a phony would mean becoming an adult. Holden is very judgmental and constantly calls people out for being overly conventional impostors. Another technique used in the book is symbolism and I think this is why many people find the book boring. At first the plot seems uninteresting, but once you think about all the events in the book and what they symbolize, you get the bigger picture. For example, the idea of ​​“The Catcher in the Rye” seems strange, but it represents coming of age. The rye field symbolizes childhood and if the children fall from the cliff it is as if they are falling into adulthood, Holden wants to protect them from the adult world and all the falsehoods it contains. Holden's red hunting hat symbolizes his individuality and makes it easier for him to hide or show his emotions. At the beginning of the book, Holden used the hat more often in certain emotional situations, but by the end he has grown up and realizes that he no longer needs it and gives it to Phoebe. He bought the hat after getting kicked