The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide
Question 2:
Holden stops in to say good-bye to old Spencer; and as he sits there, he gets more and more upset. Why?
Holden gets more and more upset because as old Spencer is reading Holden's essay aloud to Holden, questioning Holden about why he gets kicked out of schools so often and asking Holden if he ever thinks about his future, Holden begins to think about the answers to all of old Spencer's questions deeply. Holden is obviously a very cynical boy who believes that nearly everyone is a phony and most things in life are dirty tricks. However, Holden is very, very lonely. He doesn't like to sit there and listen to a lecture about all of the bad things that Holden has done and everything he needs to improve on in the future. He wants people to miss him and like him instead of having people constantly kicking him out of schools and failing him, even if he flouts the rules because he doesn't believe in them.
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