What is Holdens point about the difference between men owning a car and men owning a horse?
pmiranda2857 Teacher High School – 10th Grade eNotes Editor The discussion Holden has about the difference between men owning a car or a horse occurs when he is out with Sally Hayes and he is opening up to her and explaining about all the things that he finds wrong with society. He is trying to explain to Sally that people are never satisfied with their material possessions, this makes his point that the world is full of phony people. “Take most people, they’re crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, and they’re always talking about how many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that’s even newer. I’d rather have a goddamn horse. A horse is at least human, for God’s sake.” (Salinger (p.131) Holden is trying to convince Sally of just how difficult it has been for him at Pencey Prep with all the phonies that he had to deal with, and how there is no sincerity in the world at all, excep
