“Most English students make one of two choices: Either they love Holden and go on to have intense, fleeting, and passionate careers in fields like English or…
“Most English students make one of two choices: Either they love Holden and go on to have intense, fleeting, and passionate careers in fields like English or…
Fascinating. I read it at 14 and thought, “I get it, I feel this way too.”
And reread it in my 20s and thought, “Geez, this kid is a whiny misanthrope. Wtf is Salinger’s problem?”
I read it at 15 and it felt like an revelation to me. The emotional disconnect between me and my surroundings got as real as it could get. Looks like it hits a lot harder when you got depression and a personality disorder.
I haven’t reread it since, because i tend to have a very good memory with any visual media - it feels like wasting my time, and a little bit of fear of spoiling it.