Jesus Christ I forgot about that too

Honestly if you think books have one solidly-defined meaning with no other possible interpretations, you are just plain wrong—and quite shallow, at that.

Edit: you are correct that I wouldn’t want to be Holden—but not because he sucks…but because I feel awful for him. Again, if you don’t get that, it says a lot about how you see and treat others.

He’s not a whiny loser, he’s a mentally unstable child.

Jesus, I just explained exactly how shitty people like you are and you doubled down on it.

And they also miss the fact that his brother died of leukemia…even though he mentions it like every other page.

Really the saddest part of this book is knowing that those who call Holden a whiny loser also show the same lack empathy for actual people in the real world.