Humor In Holden's The Catcher In The Rye

In Chapter in fifteen, Holden’s lavish life and spoiled ways affects the way he understands people in the world because he feels pity towards them. When Holden plans to meet Sally Hayes under the clock at Biltmore, he decides that he would eat on the way, since he had not eaten for a while. He arrives at a sandwich bar and meets two nuns, who he grows fond of. He sees their suitcases, and recalls a moment where his roommate used to pretend that Holden’s expensive suitcase was his. Holden explains that if a person’s suitcase is better than the other person’s they “think if they’re intelligent and all, the other person, and have a good sense of humor, that they don’t give a damn whose suitcases are better, but they do” (142). Since Holden is