Blog on Holden

"I'm thinking... Uh. Jean Gallagher."
Boy, I nearly dropped dead when he said that.
"Jane Gallagher," I said.
(page 31)
"Jane Gallagher," I said. I couldn't get over it.
(page 31)
"Jane Gallagher. Jesus."
I couldn't get her off my mind, I really couldn't.
"I oughta go down and say hello to her, at least."
(page 32)
I kept thinking about Jane.
(page 34)

I chose this scene to write about because I found it odd how interested Holden was in in Jane. He doesn't seem to care that much about anything, let alone anyone, so I found it surprising that he was sorry worried about Stradlater and Jane's date.

After reading this, I was just confused on why Holden was so hung up on the fact that Jane was going out with Stradlater. I know that they had been friends in their childhood years and maybe for that reason he felt like he should protect her from Stradlater, because he doesn't seem like the best guy. It also did say how Jane didn't have the best childhood growing up, but that doesn't mean that she shouldn't be able to go out or go on a date.

Maybe Jane and Holden have history, because that might explain some of the reasons why he's so protective over her. It also isn't just something that he thinks about for awhile and it blows over. Jane is an on-going character in the book, even though you never actually get to meet her. He's always talking about how he wants to call her and see how she's doing, but he's not in the mood. I just found it kind of weird, but then again it's Holden.