ducks and holden

lone⋅ly 1. lone; solitary; without company; companionless

if lonely is to be 'without company' or 'companionless,' why does holden fit this character? wherever holden goes, there are people. people who, i'm sure are willing to be his friend. people who will put up with his tap-dancing fetishes. and, people who want holden to succeed. if there are people like this around holden, then why does he run away. why does he want to be like those ducks that escape whenever something bad comes along? is holden afraid of getting too close to someone? i think that his closeness to allie scares him. he became close to someone and out of nowhere that person was snatched away from holden's life. for whatever reason, it seems like life is easier spent trying to dodge obstacles than face them to holden.