Holden's personality

Throughout the book, Holden changed, as did my opinion of him.  When I first started reading Catcher I though Holden was going to be a shy person that had very few friends and did not view school as a priority.  But, then when I learned about his brother Allie when he wrote the paper on his baseball glove, I knew there was a whole story behind Holden. As the book goes on Holden is viewed as very insecure and he made up lies everywhere he went.  This is mainly to hide because he is ashamed.  More than half way through the book, I started to feel different about Holden and viewed him as a lonely boy who just wanted someone to open up to about everything that was happening in his life.  His sister Phoebe was that person that Holden needed.  When he is able to have one of the first honest conversations with her, I felt that this is all Holden wanted to do.  It also showed that Holden was in fact caring and thoughtful.  Especially when he made the effort to get Phoebe's favorite record that unfortunately broke before he could get it to her.  Towards the end of Catcher, Holden felt that he needed to get away and escape, to yet again hide and not face any of his problems.  I was angered with Holden because I felt that this would make everything worse.  When Phoebe was able to convince him to stay, I felt Holden was doing the right thing and it was brave that he went home and stuck it out with his parents and everything else he needed to do.