Reassuring Realtionships

In the previous meeting, Holden mentions  a very close and happy bond with a friend. Continuing into this next entry, I will reveal yet another relationship Holden has but this time, with his younger sister Phoebe. His hatred of phony people seems to disappear when he talks about her. From what he states, Phoebe is intelligent and only has straight A's since she began school. Holden explains that she is extremely emotional for her young age and writes books all the time. It seems as if  Phoebe is the person Holden aspires to be. Out of his entire family, Holden is very different from everyone else. There is a sense of low self-esteem finding it hard to live up to his families accomplishments saying,"Im the only really dumb one..." As he describes her, I can tell that she is the only non-phony person he refers to. She seems to have a very straight forward personality telling Holden he doesn't like anything and that their father will kill him when he finds out that he ran away. For Holden, it seems reassuring to him that his own sister is not a phony person like most of the people he encounters. In addition, I can sense he has a "sweet spot" for children seeing them all as innocent while most adults to him are phony.