Holden Caulfield First Impressions

Holden Caulfield First Impressions                                                Ryan Irwin

I think Holden has a lot of emotions built up inside because he always expresses himself as a very polite person but the way he thinks in his head is completely different. He is stubborn because he pretends to be nice and pretends to listen, but in his head he really doesn’t care and he isn’t going to listen to the advice. I think he shows so much anger because he kind of dislikes himself. He says that he hates phonies and he is very judgmental but he is a phony because who he is, is completely different from how he portrays himself. Overall I think I would be his friend because he seems to be a very nice person on the outside and he kind of struggles with school and himself. He spends so much time criticizing other people that he doesn’t pay attention to his own flaws like his smoking habits, and his grey hair. He seems to be very troubled and it is hard to see what he cares about really because he is always changing his opinion. He says he likes the person at the start, but then he starts to name out almost every flaw the person has. I think a reason that he makes fun of other people is that he is self-conscious about himself. He doesn’t have very good lungs anymore and he hates phonies even though he is a phony.