In the Story Catcher in the Rye Holden has an "ideal" view of the world that contradicts his perception in reality. Holden's "ideal" view of the world is that everyone contains childlike innocence and no one should try to break that innocence so that people can simply be who they want to be and not be teased or attacked. In Holden's mind he thinks that everyone thinks like him and his view of reality is that all fakes try to break the innocence of childhood, so his reality tries to break the ideal world he has in his head. This unique way of thinking causes Holden to encounter internal and external conflicts because not everyone thinks like him. An example of both external and internal conflict that Holden had that led to unhealthy behaviors were the problems he had at school, with his classmates and his teachers. Holden has a very cynical view of the world and his Pency school. Holden believes that the kids at his school are privileged and fake, like he himself is. With this view, Holden doesn't get along with the other students in his school, which causes a lot of problems...