The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 9

Journal Entry
#16
October 11, 2007
Chapter 9
Page 62 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes."

Holden is respectable and has good morals sometimes, like that you shouldn't go out with a girl if you don't like her, because if you don't like her, then you're really just using her. You don't have to like her face though, you really should like her personality the best because in the end when you turn blind and can't see her face, you'll have to hear her talk. Yes you shouldn't squirt water at people either because it isn't polite. If someone says that it is okay that you squirt water at them though it is okay. Holden doesn't understand other people, but really other people don't understand Holden becaue his brain works differently than theirs.