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I didn't really realize until later on that Holden needs girls to help him be satisfied because he dates a lot of girls. He becomes a madman over what his dates do and he gets really mad at Sally. He has a desperate need for love. He proposes to Sally even though they are clearly not in love with each other. He is so desperate for love and I think he does a terrible job of thinking things through. I think that towards the end he becomes a complete train wreck and makes some bad decisions. He told Phoebe that he wanted to the catcher in the rye, and help children. He wants to help them when they begin to transfer into adulthood. I think more highly of him after that because at least there are some good things about him. Holden tells Antolini that he dreams of helping kids with sexuality problems and protecting them from adulthood but he just gets critized because its time for Holden to grow up. At the end of the book Holden just completely breaks down and he tells Phoebe that he just wants to run away. I think he just went completely crazy. Phoebe convinces him that he should just stay home. I was expecting him to eventually grow up but he didn't and at the end of the book he had to go to a rest home so that he could recover from his depression. He tells people that he is coming to come back and finish school and turn his life around.