My impression of Phoebe

By the way that Holden kept talking so highly of her the entire book I really expected Phoebe to be this amazing person, but honestly she reminds me of any normal sister. I think Holden thought that she was going to be a little more supportive of him than she was. He was probably thinking that she was going to take his side of the argument, but instead she was chewing him out and saying that dad was going to kill him for getting kicked out again. He said that she acts like a teacher sometimes an he's right, she didn't seem to be the most caring person. She was happy to see him, but after he told her about getting kicked out of school the happiness kind of disappeared. She would hardly talk to him, she would say her idea and then ignore him. I'm trying to figure out was Holden wrong about her? Or is she amazing just from his perspective?

Holdens connection to Allie

I think Allie has had a deep affect on Holden. It's obvious from the way that Holden keeps referring to him all the time, and how he tells the story about punching out the window because Allie died. It's obvious that Holden cares for Allie a lot. I think the reason for this is a couple things. First off it's his brother so he's going to be close to him, but he's also young and not part of the "phony" adult world. Maybe Holden saw a little bit of himself in his younger brother. Maybe when Allie died Holden felt that part of himself had died along with him. Maybe Allie was one of the few connections that keep Holden in the real world. There are so many reasons that he could have felt this way, and it's practically impossible to tell if it's just one or all or a few of them. Maybe it wasn't Allie that he cared about, but the ideas that Allie represented to him?

Holden didn't know what he was doing

Marriage

I'm crazy! Nuts! Insane!
I told her I loved her. I meant it at the time.
Now I don't.
I'm crazy!

I'm crazy! Nuts! Insane!
I told her I wanted to marry her. I meant it at the time.
Now I don't.
I'm nuts!

I'm crazy! Nuts! Insane!
I don't even really like her.
Except when I'm around her.
I'm Insane!

I'm crazy! Nuts! Insane!
She's a phony just like the rest.
I don't know why I said it.
I swear to God I'm a madman.