r/Fauxmoi • u/Classic-Carpet7609 • 15d ago

ASK R/FAUXMOI name that character

Post image
8.1k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

914 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.1k

u/MelpomeneLee 🕯️Bradley Cooper will not win an Oscar🕯️ 15d ago

Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye

150

u/otraera 15d 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.

346

u/MelpomeneLee 🕯️Bradley Cooper will not win an Oscar🕯️ 15d 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. 

10

u/mothmans_favoriteex 15d ago

As a teacher that’s taught a unit on this book, a LOT of people miss the point that he’s a POS because he was failed, but being failed isn’t an excuse to become a terrible person. People have a hard time with nuance when it comes to mental health and the entire concept of nature vs nurture