Chapter 16-17

Summary:
 Holden started his long walk because he had a lot of time till 2 o'clock. While he walked over toward Broadway, he wanted to find the record and presented to Phoebe. Then he saw the little boy who was singing"If a body catch a body coming through the rye". It made Holden felt better. He found the record in the first record store and it only sold 5 bucks, that made Holden felt happy.

The record Holden bought for his little sister Phoebe

 After he went out of the record store, he decided called old Jane though he hung up when Jane's mother picked up the phone.After he bought the theater tickets for his date, he went to the park to find Phoebe because Holden remembered she used to roller-skate in the park on Sunday. Though he didn't find Phoebe, he met the girl who knew the Phoebe and asked him Phoebe went to the trip, the location was the museum.

Museum 

 However, the little girl said the trip was on the previous day. Whatever, Holden walked to the museum and nostalgia his own class trip. At the end of this chapter, he said nobody would be different except you. At 2 o'clock, Holden went to meet Sally, she was late but she was so good-looking, so Holden forgave her. After they watched the movie, they met the guy who from the other prep school, he and Sally told about the movie star that made Holden felt angry.

Sally, a good-looking girl

Then Sally requested Holden went to ice-skate with her, Holden agreed and he found the only reason Sally wanted to do ice-skate because she could wear the special shirt. When they took a break in the room, Holden became deviant, he shouted about how he hated his "phony" prep school and this society as well as how he isolated he felt.Then he said something crazier and out of reality, he said Sally should go with him and left from society, and they could marry. However, Sally denied his crazy dream and said that was ridiculous. That made Holden felt royal pain in the ass.Holden made Sally cried, he started to apologize but Sally was depressed and angered. Eventually, Holden left and let her alone.

Relate:
Holden is a stubborn person, he prefers living in the "unchanging" world than in the real world, he doesn't want to face challenges from outside world. He is so cowardice.I am different from Holden, I don't like challenges too, but I know I have to be better than "me", so I always work hard and let me be better. Holden's utterance depends on his emotions and moods, he talks what he wants to talk, never thought about the situation and circumstances. My speaking always throughout thinking, I always could say the right thing in the right situation or at the right time. Same as Holden, I loved my sister too, our relationship is closest than anyone. We both love to donate something to charity. We both worry about parents' thinking and their emotions, we don't want to let them depressed.

Reflect:
When Holden arrived the museum, he said nothing changed excepted you, that means Holden didn't want to change anything, he liked the museum because it never changed. Holden's ideas show he is a hopelessness, cowardice person, he tries to hide and avoid his shortcoming and never face the real world positively. What's more, Holden doesn't want to meet his own troubles, protecting himself in his "gray world". In chapter 17, Holden's mental broke down, he said his crazy dream and his hatred of the school and society. He said he wanted to go away from the city and married with Sally and something else. Up to now, Holden couldn't distinguish the real world and his mental world entirely, it's a very terrible thing. After Holden realized his fault, he tried to fix it but he failed. Holden was in a big trouble due to himself. Furthermore, from Holden's speaking, we can see he is starved for love, this is the one of a reason why Holden would say something 
crazy. 

Crazy Holden

Interesting question:
Q1: When Holden made Sally cried, what type of views Holden would get from others?

Answer: They may be thought Holden was a bad man, heartbreaker or a jerk, as well as the word, always appeared in this book, sonuvabitch.

Q2: Why Sally didn't want Holden sent her to the home?
Answer:  Sally feels scared about Holden's action, he is so crazy and almost become a madman. Sally realizes something wrong so she wants to protect herself, he refuses Holden's request. 

Prediction:

The story would be worse and worse, Holden will fall into his mental world, totally avoid the real world and his mental would break down deeper and deeper.