Character Analysis From "the Catcher in the Rye"

      In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield is a 17 year old who once again got kicked out of the school he was going to, due to his horrible grades. He has a very strong anger against practically everything. He's a very stubborn person and just looks for the easy way out of things. 

     When speaking to Mr.Spencer, his history teacher, he tried to understand him and help him: "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one has to play according to the rules...What's the matter with you boy?". Just because he didn't really like the environment they where in (medicine-smelling room, Mr. Spencer in a chair in a robe, and weak) he completely once again avoided the conversation. "I didn't feel like going through the whole thing with him. He wouldn't  have understood it anyway... but i just couldn't hang there any longer, the way we were on the opposite sides of the pole, and the way he kept missing the bed whenever he chucked something at it, and his sad old bathrobe with his chest showing, and that grippy smell of Vicks Nose Drops all over the place."

      Caulfield is also always looking for the easy way out of things. Caulfield would once again just go to another school, he didn't really make a big deal of him getting kicked out of Pencey, his recent school. The school he went to was " Surrounded by phonies" so he just quit. When spencer asked him if he cared for his future he said yes but "Not too much". Spencer then answered "You will when it's too late." When he wanted to leave he simply said he'll be okay and left. 

      Over all, Holden was incredibly stubborn because of his continuos mistakes and the way he dodges conflicts with out facing them. Throughout the book i can connect to him in some parts by the way we're treated by other and our similar opinions.