Chapter 2- Catcher in the Rye

In Chapter two of Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is very irritable to unimportant things. Holden provides many examples that show he is agitated by the simplest of things. For example, Mr. Spencer, his sick teacher, starts talking to Holden and he just goes on thinking about the flaws of the old man that bothers him, "He was always yelling, outside class. It got on your nerves somtimes" and " I don't like to see old guys in their pajamas and bathrobes anyway." These annoyances force Holden to ponder about them which only makes him more irritable.