Holden’s character in The Catcher in the Rye is different on the inside than what appears on the outside. On the outside, Holden is steady and goes through life day by day, but on the inside, Holden holds a negative drive that gives him the push to go through life day by day. Holden does not appreciate when someone does not expect anything great from him. For example, “... old Spencer said, ‘You will, boy. You will when it's too late.’ I didn't like hearing him say that. It made me sound dead or something.” This example is an indication of what drives Holden to become more than what everyone thinks he is. Almost everything that came his way depressed him in some way. One example is when Holden considers his life “better” than another's. He
