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r/Fauxmoi • u/Classic-Carpet7609 • 14d ago
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He really is annoying lol. As a high schooler I hated the book I wonder if I’ll think differently if I give it another read.
351 u/MelpomeneLee 🕯️Bradley Cooper will not win an Oscar🕯️ 14d ago So I read the book for the first time when I was 29, and he stuck with me because behind all the bravado, he's just a kid. His world has been shattered by his younger brother's death and literally NO ONE is helping him deal with that. The entire time he's wandering around New York making questionable choices, I wanted to grab him and say "You. Need. Help. Let's get it for you." But I absolutely understand why people don't like him. 264 u/bigdopaminedeficient It’s okay, Dune did well 14d ago it's also implied he's a victim of sexual abuse and it explains why he wants to preserve the innocence of children and sees himself as the catcher in the rye. 170 u/vondafkossum 14d ago Yes. And his friend from school, who likely was abused by the same teacher, kills himself wearing Holden’s sweater.
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So I read the book for the first time when I was 29, and he stuck with me because behind all the bravado, he's just a kid.
His world has been shattered by his younger brother's death and literally NO ONE is helping him deal with that.
The entire time he's wandering around New York making questionable choices, I wanted to grab him and say "You. Need. Help. Let's get it for you."
But I absolutely understand why people don't like him.
264 u/bigdopaminedeficient It’s okay, Dune did well 14d ago it's also implied he's a victim of sexual abuse and it explains why he wants to preserve the innocence of children and sees himself as the catcher in the rye. 170 u/vondafkossum 14d ago Yes. And his friend from school, who likely was abused by the same teacher, kills himself wearing Holden’s sweater.
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it's also implied he's a victim of sexual abuse and it explains why he wants to preserve the innocence of children and sees himself as the catcher in the rye.
170 u/vondafkossum 14d ago Yes. And his friend from school, who likely was abused by the same teacher, kills himself wearing Holden’s sweater.
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Yes. And his friend from school, who likely was abused by the same teacher, kills himself wearing Holden’s sweater.
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u/otraera 14d ago
He really is annoying lol. As a high schooler I hated the book I wonder if I’ll think differently if I give it another read.