Chapter 7-9

These chapters further convinces me that Holden has a mental problem. His behavior just seems to get more and more desperate, especially the lonelier he gets. Attacking Stradlater, leaving his dorm in the middle of the night and going to a bar is random sporadic behavior. Even though he claims to hate everyone, the first thing he wants to do when he arrives in New York is call someone. It doesn't matter who it is, his little sister or a random girl he met at a party. If Holden attempted to change is loneliness than I believe many off the problems he sees in the world wouldn't look as bad.