In my opinion, he does it because he is unwilling to
confront any of the truths in the world around him that make him uncomfortable and so by
placing himself in the category of something false, he is also not forced to accept any
kind of truth about himself either.
He isn't willing to
really accept the fact that his brother Allie is dead. He isn't really willing to deal
with the fact that his parents aren't close to him and that he doesn't feel any
connection to his schoolmates, etc. Everyone around him is
phony.
But he is also a phony in his mind, he lies all the
time, he cannot be trusted. This way no one expects him to tell the truth and he can
deny anything he says, so if he actually tells something true and someone calls him on
it, he can deny it and just say he was lying then too.
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