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Re: Catcher in the Rye, it's the selective reading that's annoying about the murderers who read it. The point of Catcher in the Rye is that Holden is ignored and degraded by everyone who is supposed to take care of him, including a drunken come on from a schoolteacher. He longs for authenticity and rants about the phonies because he's surrounded by shallow people including members of his own family. He wants to protect his little sister Phoebe from experiencing the loss of innocence as he had hence the fantasy about being a catcher in the rye; he's depressed and has been used but he hasn't lost that sense of innate goodness. He wants to nurture new life and protect them from the things that want to hurt them. The tragedy is in how far the world goes to crush his spark and that he has unwittingly damaged his little sister, though at least they love one another and look after each other.
It's a very poignant novel that describes late adolescence and how we hurt one another, often deliberately and sometimes by accident and the subsequent depression and anxiety that follows. Boomers ruined it because they thought Holden was a rebel against the system or something. No one wanted to admit that Holden is just a guy and that many young lads go through the exact same shit he did (the gay child molesting teacher, the family that doesn't care, being an older son and knowing your little sister will make something of herself while you dry up into a husk). And that there is no system in place to protect young boys from these horrors hence they are like Holden, wanting to protect the new generation but paralyzed by indecision. At least Holden goes into psychiatric care iirc so there is some hope for him and young boys who will inevitably follow him because they too will be failed by every single authority figure and guardian in their lives.
It's a poignant snapshot into the life of a failson.
It's a very poignant novel that describes late adolescence and how we hurt one another, often deliberately and sometimes by accident and the subsequent depression and anxiety that follows. Boomers ruined it because they thought Holden was a rebel against the system or something. No one wanted to admit that Holden is just a guy and that many young lads go through the exact same shit he did (the gay child molesting teacher, the family that doesn't care, being an older son and knowing your little sister will make something of herself while you dry up into a husk). And that there is no system in place to protect young boys from these horrors hence they are like Holden, wanting to protect the new generation but paralyzed by indecision. At least Holden goes into psychiatric care iirc so there is some hope for him and young boys who will inevitably follow him because they too will be failed by every single authority figure and guardian in their lives.
It's a poignant snapshot into the life of a failson.
