After finishing the book

I was pretty satisfied with the ending mostly because it left Holden on a good note with Phoebe. I didn't want Holden to leave Phoebe to go on his adventure. I thought he was unnecessarily nasty to her when she wanted to go with him on his trip out west. Also, I thought a few things were really weird as I was finishing the book. I didn't expect the way that Holden got into talking about the kid James Castle who he attended Elkton Hills with. The whole story about how he just jumped out of the window I found to be pretty bizarre. What I found even more peculiar was Holden's teacher who he seemed to have a great relationship with, Mr. Antolini. I don't know why he was petting Holden's head when he woke up, but that part of the novel took me by surprise too.