I think the author chose to make irony one of the dominant literary features to show how Holden, the main person, messes up his life and is very hypocritical to others. One example of this is when Holden is talking about how he hates cars, and people with nice cars are phonies and all, yet rides in taxis and buses all the time. He also says that all movies are bad and the actors are phony and are never life-like, yet often refers to the movies and took a date to a show.
More irony is that Holden goes to really nice schools, even though he flunks every subject except English. For some reason his parents keep trying to give him an education, probably because they still have hope for his success. That is why the author used irony so much, do describe how depressed and messed up Holden and his life are.
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