What does Holden think about the word ''grand''? What does this tell you about him?

As others
have said,despises and abhors the idea of being "grand." One illustration of how he
feels about those who inflate themselves or act overly important is in the story of "this
guy ."

Ossenburger, a large donor to Pencey who has financed a wing of a
building, comes to the school to give a speech. The student body has to give him a
"locomotive" or cheer and then listen to his inspirational speech. Ossenburger,
according to Holden, made his money starting a chain of cheap funeral homes. He arrives in
Cadillac and talks to students about always praying to Jesus. Holden says:

I just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking
Jesus to send him a few more stiffs. The only good part of his speech was right in the middle of
it. He was telling us all about what a swell guy he was, what a hot-shot and all, then all of a
sudden this guy sitting in the row in front of me, Edgar Marsalla, laid this terrific
fart.

Ossenburger typifies the kind of phoniness
that...