The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Pg.22-66)

Summary:
After Stradler arrives home and shaves, he ironically asks Holden to write for him his history paper. It is then revealed Holden is actually good in writing papers, but is discouraged to do so, to avoid suspicion of cheating. After horsing around, Holden asks Stradler who his date is. When he tells him it's Jane Gallagher, Holden nearly drops dead. Holden knows her because she used to live next to him, and they used to play checkers together. After Holden asks Stradler to send Jane his regards (which he probably won't), Ackley comes in and has dinnertime with Holden. After finishing, both Holden and Ackley go to town with Mal Brossard to eat hamburgers and play pinball. After returning to his room, Holden starts on Stradler's paper. He writes it about his younger brother, Allie, who died of leukemia. After Stradler comes back from his date with Jane, he takes a look at the paper. Dissatisfied with the fact it's not about a room or house, Holden rips it up. He then proceeds to ask about his date with Jane, which he explains went well. Holden isn't too happy with this, causing him to take a swing at Stradler, but misses. Stradler manages to get Holden on the floor, and holds him down with his knees. After arguing, and getting punched by Stradler, Holden goes to Ackley's room. There, he repeatedly prevents Ackley from sleeping, and nearly goes crazy thinking about Stradler's date with Jane. "Fearing" he's overstaying his welcome, Holden leaves Ackley's room, and decides to finally leave Pencey. He goes back to his room, packs, and screams out "Sleep tight, ya morons!" before leaving.

Quotation:
"That's just the trouble with all you morons. You never want to discuss anything. That's the way you can always tell a moron. They never want to discuss anything intellig--" (Salinger 44-45)

Reaction:
In this quote, Holden expresses his long-time hate of morons, and basically what makes him angry. Throughout the novel, Holden has shown resent on showoffs, morons, etc. Salinger uses this to support Holden's loathing feelings, commonly referred as teenage angst. I predict that later, Holden will at least get past hating nearly everyone.