Taking a Look Inside
... To hide how hurt he is on the inside, Holden doesn’t let anyone see into his life. ... ” (44) Always criticizing people’s habits and the way that they do things seems to alleviate the pain inside of him. ... The reason he fixed himself to look like that was because he was madly in love with himself. ... Getting kicked out of every school he attends may appear to people that he is a troublemaker and doesn’t apply himself, but deep down inside he is so afraid of what is to come after school in the real world that he sets himself up for failure. ... He is so grief-stricken by the death of his brother and the corruption of everything around him, that he picks apart himself until there is nothing left but chaos inside of his head.