The Catcher in the Rye, reader response #26

In chapter 7 when Holden is packing his stuff, getting ready to move out, he has to pack his skates. He's sad for 2 reasons. He's sad that he just received his skates from his mom and hasn't got the chance to use them yet. The main reason for his sadness about his skates seems to come from the fact that he wanted racing skates and got hockey skates. In my opinion hockey skates are better for multi purpose use so i don't understand why he's sad. He should stop complaining about small things that aren't big deals.

The Catcher in the Rye, reader response #16

How many times have you asked a friend for a favor? Well Stradlater asks a lot from Holden. In chapter 4 Stradlater asks Holden to write him a descriptive composition. This is ironic because Holden is being kicked out of Pencey for failing 4 out of 5 classes and Stradlater wants him to do a good compostions. Normally when you ask someone for help they're normally talented in the field that your asking their help for in this case Holden would be the worst pick.

The Catcher in the Rye, reader response #12

People have always been telling lies, and it wont be stopping any time soon. I beleive that people tell lies to get out of trouble, in Holden's case to impress people. I think Holden behaves this way because he's scared of being judged and doesn't want people thinking badly of him. By telling lies and making peope think he's something he's not they normally seem to like him.