At one point, Holden gets upset about getting pneumonia and dying that he starts thinking about Allie’s funeral and his own. His idea of life stands out a lot from the majority of society on how people are once they die. For starters, he finds it better that people rather dump the dead in rivers other than cemeteries because no one likes having flowers placed on them once they die. During his narration for this part, he shares his opinion on how people treat the dead, even saying that in cemeteries you’re “surrounded by dead guys”. Allie’s death seems to upset Holden so much that even after a few years it has happened, he still wants to open up with his concerns.
