1. LYING
1.1. “im the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. its awful.” pg.16
1.1.1. Holden is admitting to being a pathological liar and he isn't proud of it.
2. SLANG
2.1. "Strictly a phony." pg. 86
2.1.1. Holden uses the word phony a lot, probably a way of expressing his agitation towards people.
2.2. "Flits and lesbians"pg. 143
2.2.1. Holden uses very strange language. He uses a lot of slang.
3. TRAUMA
3.1. “ The minute i walked in i was sort of sorry i’d come. He was reading the Atlantic Monthly, and there were pills and medicine all over the place, and everything smelled like vick’s nose drops. it was pretty depressing,i'm not too crazy about sick people, anyway.” pg. 7
3.1.1. Holden might be scared of people who are sick because of what happened to his brother, Allie. Allie got leukemia and passed away. Holden has never moved on from that.
3.2. "people are always ruining things for you." pg.87
3.2.1. Holden feels like nothing is ever good enough, and he is never content with the outcome.
4. LINKS
4.1. Crash Course
4.1.1. Part One
4.1.2. Part Two
5. DEPRESSED
5.1. “I don't know, and I dont give a damn.”pg.21
5.1.1. Holden never has any motivation to do even the simplistic things.
5.2. "The cab I had was a real old one, it speeled like someone'd just tossed cookies in it. pg.81
5.2.1. Holden always has a really pessimistic attitude.
5.3. "I don't know why, but it bothered the hell out of me."pg. 79
5.3.1. Holden is really irritable and he is able to get annoyed super easily.
6. RESENTMENT
6.1. “if you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where i was born,and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that david copperfield crap, but i don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” pg.1
6.1.1. Holden is feeling a little bit of resentment towards his parents and how his childhood was.
7. CONSTANT NEGATIVITY
7.1. "The cab i had was a real old one that smelled like someone'd just tossed cookies in it." pg. 81
7.1.1. Holden is looking at the negative in the situation.