The First Impression By Anton Wong

The book is written in 1st person and I didn't figure out the main character's name until he wrote a letter to his teacher. The main character's name is Holden Caulfield and he is 17 years old. His academics are very low and because of that he has been transferred out of 4 schools and has been currently kicked out of his current school," Pencey Prep." In this semester at Pencey Prep he has 5 subjects and has failed a total of 4. He says that he isn't trying, but I think it is just an excuse of him not caring about his own future. I also get a feeling that Holden is a bad kid. This isn't just because he is failing in school, but also he is a heavy smoker. He mentioned that when he was running away from a teacher and had a hard time catching his breath afterwords. In addition, Holden has a very rude or straightforward way of expressing himself. He likes to use the words, "Damn, Goddam, yea my ass, oh boy, anyways, etc..." The way he talks seems like as if we have the same interests that he has or that the audience knows exactly what he's talking about. To me Holden seems like to be a very negative character from these first impressions. Holden currently lives near his school away from his actual home in New York. He calls his current home near Pencey Prep a dump, but i believe he is just saying that because he hates school. Holden often uses the phrases, "I mean it, I really do, and it really was," a lot in his sentences as if the audience doesn't really believe he is telling us the truth about what he is saying. A couple pet peeves of Holden's are Phoneys and fakes. This was mentioned when Holden was talking about his previous Headmaster at another school acting all kind and happy around the student's parents when he was really a jerk. On the other hand, he likes his history teacher, Spencer. Spencer is a 70 year old man, and I get the feeling that he is a very honest, respectable and trusting man. He tried very hard to make Holden pass his class, however Holden gave no signs of effort. He is very welcoming to holden to his house and acts as if he was a grandfather to him. Spencer is truly a kind old man.
A positive aspect of Holden is the fact that he is a very good fencer. He made the fencing team and likes to mention it a lot. He is responsible about it and likes to be on time to set up and put away the fencing gears back into the gym. From what I get in first impressions, I believe that Holden lives in a family of four. He has his parents and an older brother. I get the sense that his parents doesn't like people telling personal stuff about them. This was mentioned from Holden that they are very touchy, especially his dad. Holden's brother(D.B) is a very nice man from first impressions. He visits Holden every week from Hollywood and chills with him. His brother is now a famous writer after his book ,"The Secret Goldfish," was published. I get the sense that he wants to live back at home rather than his current location, because of his family and the place that he was brought up in.
From first impressions, this is what I am getting a sense of so far from the book.