Chapters 6-9 Reaction

After reading chapters 6-9 i feel like i have a little better understanding of who Holden is. He is a kid, severely affected by the loss of his brother, who just doesn't seem to care. When he applies himself to things he is very good. For example his english class, and making up lies. He can tell stories as well as anyone i have ever met, and carry them on for a long time. He does this just to amuse himself, like he did on the subway with the lady.

It seems to me like Holden doesn't really think about consequences when he does was he does. For example when he attacked Stradlater, if he would thought about what he did before he did it, he probably would have realized it would not end well for him. he didn't stand a chance in a fight against Stradlater. You can see the same thing in the classroom... i don't think he thinks about the long term implications of flunking out of school, and where his actions now are going to take him.