Vignette from Catcher in the Rye

The vignette that I chose was from chapter 16, when Holden is talking about the museum.  Within this vignette, Holden says, "the floor was all stone, and if you had some marbles in your hand and you dropped them, they bounced like madmen all over the floor and made a helluva racket, and the teacher would hold up the class and go back to see what was going on" (Salinger 134).  This moment within the vignette was especially powerful, because you get to see a character trait of Holden, through showing, not telling.  By dropping the marbles, you can tell that he is not one to follow rules, and that he wants to do his own thing. It also shows that Holden wants to be funny to others, because his classmates probably laughed when this happened.