Catcher in the Rye Question 2

2. Holden stops in to say good-bye to old Spencer; and as he sits there, he gets more and more upset. Why?

Holden gets more upset when he is saying good bye to old Spencer because when old Spencer mentions that Holden had trouble at his old school, Elkton Hills it reminded Holden of his headmaster there, Mr. Haas, and the students there. Holden remembers that his headmaster at Elkton Hills was a big phony. His headmaster would always shake hands and talk with parents that would pick up their kids but not to the parents that looked weird. Holden also mentioned that he was surrounded my phonies at Elkton Hills. This is a repeated cycle that Holden does. He always says that the school that he went to was full of phonies. Holden doesn't really pay attention to old Spencer's lecture he was thinking about Mr. Haas. It makes Holden crazy and depressed when he thinks about Elkton Hills. Holden gets more upset because he is remembering all of his bad memories at his old school and thinking that it was his fault.