“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…
First time I read The Catcher in the Rye at 14 or 15: This kid is a whiny bitch. Wtf is his problem?
Second time I read The Catcher in the Rye in my 20’s: Oh, this kid is battling depression and is getting zero support from anyone. I’m in this book and I don’t like it.
I think I felt that way reading it in 8th grade or whatever, but I didn’t have the wherewithal to understand why the book made me so uncomfortable.
deleted by creator
Holden has no rizz whatsoever
I’m unsure why I never had to read this in high school. Did my brain memory hole it? I think we were changing curriculum and it fell through the holes.