1. Happy
1.1. “boy, was i excited though. i really was. where is she? i asked him.“boy, was i excited though. i really was. where is she? i asked him.
1.1.1. he gets excited about a lot of little things.
1.2. “then i really started throwing the old crap around”
1.2.1. he likes lying to people to sound more interesting.
1.3. “I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old phoebe kept going around and around. i was damn near bawling, i felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. i dont know why. it was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all.ged, i wish you could’ve been there.”
1.3.1. he never feels happy about anything when he is with anyone. all he does is pick out their flaws, then get depressed, and then he feels like he wants to die but whenever he thinks of jane or sees phoebe he gets really happy.
1.4. “we horsed around a little bit on the way to the theatre. at first she didn't want to, because she had her lipstick on and all, but i was being seductive as hell”
1.4.1. he always manipulates people in some way or lies to them to get them to feel a certain way about him.
2. sad
2.1. “or you’d pass by one of those gasoline puddles in the street with rainbows in them. i mean you’d be different in some way.”
2.1.1. every experience he has changes him in some way and makes him feel a certain way about certain things.
2.2. “it always ends up making you feel blue as hell”
2.2.1. always depressed about something that someone did
3. thesis:Although Salinger goes through many emotions in the book the one he mostly goes through is Happy.
4. http://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/its-not-just-you-teen-years-can-be-emotional-roller-coast
5. ▶ 4:37 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrwoInVKtk
6. annoyed
6.1. “Practically the whole car was empty, because it was pretty late and all, but she sat down next to me, instead of an empty seat.”
6.1.1. little things that people do bother him.
7. careless
7.1. “i'm always saying ‘glad to’ve met you’ to somebody i'm not at all glad i met.”
7.1.1. he is almost always a phony to everyone but calls everyone else a phony.
7.2. “i was beginning to feel sort of sorry that id told her my name was Rudolf Schmidt”
7.2.1. he lied about his name all the time.
8. angry
8.1. “this next part i don't remember so hot. all i know is i got up from the bed, like i was going to the can or something, and then i tried to sock him.”
8.1.1. he has trouble controlling himself when he gets upset