He absolutely dislikes the world of adults (and even teenagers), saying that they are hypocrites and phoneys, and considers them to be kind of enemies for him. Though looking intelligent, he is very childish and the only wights he likes are children, being in the conviction that Phoebe is the one and only that understands him. For instance, at the end of the story, when he tells her that he wants to go somewhere very far, she takes her suitcases and demands to go with him. Finally, she convinces him not to go anywhere, and he admits to return home and maybe to visit a psychologist. In my opinion, Holden, as the main character, changes from the beginning to the end of the story: he looks like more mature then. His initial thoughts full of hate and satiety seem to be gone. However, in some cases, he acted very strange – the way I would not. I think he was very pessimistic and damnatory, as well; hence I did not like him very much.
Unlike Holden’s behavior, I could say the story “caught” me. Only, I still could not get what does the title mean. Then, after reading the whole book, I understood that it is a symbol with a real meaning: it expresses Holden’s rebellion, with constituents of disgust and absurdity, maybe representing the same meanings of crowds of American teenagers.