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#struggling emotionally thruout the book. i don't know.
klavierbi · 3 years
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every time i see someone speak vehemently against the catcher in the rye my appreciation for the book grows 10% stronger
#if you're reading it only through the lens of whether you condone holden's actions or not YOU'RE READING IT THE WRONG WAY#like it is literally a character study. the POINT is that holden is flawed and complex. ALSO HE'S A TEENAGER#everyone who says 'i distrust people who identify with holden'... how many people have you met who genuinely do that. how many#and like... it is not a bad thing to relate to holden a Little Bit?? controversial opinion i GUESS but like. the whole book has these#themes of isolation & feeling alienated from your peers#which i'm pretty sure most people can understand at some point in their life#so even if you do relate to holden my first instinct would... not be to think that you're a Bad Person for it. like wtf#and like... whatever. holden doesn't make the best decisions. he is also a kid with a considerable amount of baggage who is clearly#struggling emotionally thruout the book. i don't know.#it's fine to dislike it of course that's just personal preference but i'm tired of seeing ppl say that enjoying the book is a red flag#or whatever... like it's. good. it's a good book. every character has such a distinct voice also unreliable narrator stories are INTERESTING#sorry i just. keep seeing bad takes online <3#i have more thoughts about this actually. idk if it was just my english classes but i feellike. ppl will just refuse to empathize w characte#characters* when it comes to analyzing them. yes i am still mad about how my 10th grade class discussed the kafka unit.#'inara you just have bad taste' i watched glee. you can't hurt me. i know this already x#anyways yeah sorry if u disagree with this. spending so much time on social media these months has desensitized me to posting potentially#lukewarm takes#phae.txt#OKAY i have to get back to finishing my project.#WOWWWW edit: i did not realize how chunky these tags were.
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