Chapter 8- Catcher in the Rye

Holden accuses many of the people at his school of being phonies, but Holden can also be phony himself making him a hypocrite. He even gives out a fake name, Rudolf Schmidt, to a mom of a kid at his school, Ernest Morrow. He lies to the mother saying that her son is a star at Pencey, when really "Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey, in the whole crumby history of the school." He continues to lie to her on the way to the city.