The main example of Holden lying to character in the book is when he was talking to Ernie's mom on the train. Nothing that Holden said in that conversation was truthful. He lied about who he was, about where he's going, and mostly about her son.
It's a lot harder to find examples of when Holden lies to us because obviously he doesn't say that he's lying. I think he was kind of lying- or at least not telling the whole truth- when he started talking about the closest he got to necking with Jane. In the actual story it doesn't seem that they actually got very close to necking, just that Holden was comforting her and kissing her to comfort her, and it didn't seem that there were actually any romantic feelings, which is what Holden led us to believe by saying that they "got close to necking."
I think that Holden lies to keep things interesting. He would get bored if he told the truth all of the time, so he spins lies over everything to entertain himself with little regard for how those lies will effect other people.
It's a lot harder to find examples of when Holden lies to us because obviously he doesn't say that he's lying. I think he was kind of lying- or at least not telling the whole truth- when he started talking about the closest he got to necking with Jane. In the actual story it doesn't seem that they actually got very close to necking, just that Holden was comforting her and kissing her to comfort her, and it didn't seem that there were actually any romantic feelings, which is what Holden led us to believe by saying that they "got close to necking."
I think that Holden lies to keep things interesting. He would get bored if he told the truth all of the time, so he spins lies over everything to entertain himself with little regard for how those lies will effect other people.
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