The main things I have noticed about Holden so far is that he is a pessimist, Ackely serves as the main image for his per peeves, and he is an understanding person ( meaning he can be nice and sympathetic)
Holden doesn’t look at the cup half full at all. You can see this when he writes the note to his teacher saying I don’t know any more so it's ok if you fail me (in a nutshell). Also Ackley represents his pet peeves in “He always picked up your personal stuff and looked at it. Boy, could he get on your nerves sometimes.” That quote shows that Ackley serves as the annoying buzz in Holden’s ear. Holden does show a sympathetic side when he is at his teacher’s house. When Mr. Spencer tosses an object to his bed and misses, Holden takes the initiative to go and pick up. Also he is sympathetic towards Old Spencer when he wrote the note at the end of his test and tried to make it so he didn’t feel bad about failing him.
Personally so far through these first five chapters I think I feel sympathetic and empathy towards Holden. I feel sympathetic because I haven’t gone through what he has and his situations that make him feel the way he does. But empathy because I think I share the some of the same views as Holden, in that life is a game for the “Hot-shots” as he puts it. Also what I have gotten from the book is that he is realistic and sees that there are people that are full of crap.
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I totally agree with what you said, i think that Holden is very pessimistic and that he should be more optimistic! I wonder when he started being so pessimistic, or if he has always been that way? Maybe it was when his brother died, or maybe it was that he just hit a point in his life when he didn't honestly care, because i have definitely been there before, and I'm sure others could agree:)
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