. Like the country at large, he expresses his discomfort, his sense of disease, by squandering his resources-physical, emotional, intellectual-without attempting to utilize them for action and change" (par. 29). Holden shows himself in a state of insecurity, seeming to always need someone or something. If he did not get what he needs, he will go and get it himself, such as some company. Although also stated in the book, as Holden was leaving his school to begin his new life, he says, "I stood for a while next to the stairs and took a last look at the goddam corridor. I was sort of crying. I don't know why" (Salinger 52). This excerpt shows t
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