This fight happens in Chapter 6. It is caused by the fact
that Stradlater is implying that he had sex with Jane Gallagher, or at least went and
made out with her in the coach's car. The fight tells us a couple of things, in my
opinion.
First, it tells us that Holden has this old
fashioned view of women. He thinks that it is his place to try to fight someone who has
been making out with a girl he likes. He is either being chivalrous (nice
interpretation) or very possessive -- implying she belongs to
him.
Second, it tells us that Holden is really immature.
He keeps calling Stradlater a moron. He says Stradlater is a moron because he doesn't
want to discuss things. But it's not clear why Stradlater should talk about what
exactly he did in the car with Jane. At any rate, Holden just keeps calling him a moron
over and over, which seems pretty immature to me.
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