Bloggin' on Holden

The scene that I decided to blog about is when Holden goes over to Old Spencer's house.  They talk about Holden's situation.  He is being kicked out of the school because he failed four of his five classes.  Old Spencer was Holden's history teacher and failed him.  I decided to write about this scene because I think that it gives the reader a good background of Holden's life and his view of school.  I think that Salinger is getting at some of the stereotypes people have of teenagers.  The big one that I think Salinger is showing in this scene is that teens don't care about things and that they only live in the moment and don't think about their future.  Holden doesn't care about school and really doesn't seem that worried about failing out of another school.  Holden also has no idea what he is going to do when he gets older and I think that is part of his reason for not caring.