A dream cannot exist without another person. The Catcher in the Rye illustrates the American dream by revealing the heartaches one must go through while growing up and finding their place in society. Holden Caulfield is amazed by peoples' "phoniness". He believes that no one is truly real and that the world has lost its innocents. The only creatures that still posses the innocence is a child. His world consists of childhood vs. adulthood. Childhood …
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…ever tell anybody anything. If you do tell, you start missing everyone.? This suggests the impact that people have on your life, weather you like them or you just act like you do. Phony people and real people will effect us throughout our lives and help mold us into whom we become. They are an example of what we want to be and what we don?t. Thus, a dream cannot exist without another person.