The essay "Values Vanish Into Thin Air" is based on the book "The Catcher In The Rye"(J.D. Salinger) and analyzes how Holden Caulfield criticizes the modern society in different ways

VALUES VANISH INTO THIN AIR
The Catcher in the Rye negatively criticizes society's way of living and the
"American Dream" most people look for their whole life, although for the majority of the
people this remains a utopia just out of reach. Modern society very nearly lost both its ideals
and its sense of direction. We have developed into a society of "phony" philistines.
All of society is based on a superficiality which makes it impossible for Holden to find
real friends and depresses him. Only Phoebe really understands Holden, because he can
communicate with her without being superf…