As Holden sways from one plan to escape the restrictions
of society to another, he hits upon an excellent (to his mind at least) idea to just run
away and live in nature with Sally and get married. However, it is clear that Sally is
less than impressed by Holden's genius, and clearly she sees it for something of what it
is: an escape from reality borne out of Holden's frustrations of life. Note how she
responds initially to the proposal:
"You can't just do something
like that," old Sally sad. She sounded sore as
hell.
Clearly she is not as
rootless and without connections as Holden feels he is and doesn't feel that she can
just up and leave everything behind her in the way that Holden feels he can. She says
they are too young and points out the romantic element of Holden's plan, saying that his
idea is "fantastic." She believes that mad plans like this should wait until after
college. Of course, through the process of arguing about it they begin to hate each
other.
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