<p>Why do you like his childish view on the world?</p>
<p>Bilgy, you make me feel like I’m being interviewed!</p>
<p>I like that he’s not jaded and jaded at the same time, has ideas about the world, tries to be himself. It’s not childish, he just has ideals and he doesn’t want to compromise on them. The sad part is that that’s considered ‘childish’.</p>
<p>Edit: tetris, I am back.</p>
<p>But surely, it is possible to stick with ones own ideals in much “mature” ways? The way he lives with his ideals seems to be “not good”?</p>
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<p>If you stick to your ideals in what is seen as a mature way, you compromise, precisely because the view of maturity is what it is.</p>
<p>But maturity isn’t always conformity?</p>
<p>Define maturity. What does it mean to you? Maturity may not mean conformity, but in the context you’re looking at it in this case it does.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not saying that Holden is perfect. He isn’t, he’s got lots of faults, but that makes him human as opposed to Roark.</p>
<p>What’s the context?</p>
<p>Holden’s thoughts and behavior.</p>
<p>And you answer the question, please.</p>
<p>I’m baaaaaaaack</p>
<p>To me, a large part of maturity is logical behavior which is usually not impulsive.</p>
<p>I’m NOT supposed to reply to my Pton interview mail even though I haven’t heard again from them, yet, right? Coz it said this-</p>
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<p>Yeah, but what is that ‘logic’ dictated by? The rules of your environment, right?</p>
<p>Also, I had the craziest idea of adding the sender on gtalk :-/</p>
<p>I enjoy these literary analyses.</p>
<p>You know what, I seriously love this. I bought Catcher in the Rye, can’t wait to start reading it after this debate. Wow, I actually feel intellectually stimulated! Haha, to think we spent 10th and 11th grade analyzing “themes” and “characteristics” in a much condensed version of Phantom of the Opera. Pathetic! I can’t wait to do this in college. 
Oh, and I didn’t buy one flew over the cuckoo’s nest, you told me too late 
Plus, it was already coming up to about $50, which in my money is a lot.</p>
<p>Not necessarily, I think. If I have the logic that I don’t care about phonies, and therefore am not frustrated by every second person on the street, is that conformity?</p>
<p>Yeah, the most I’ve got to analyze in class is Macbeth’s character. And I was sleepy that day. So I was able to do two years’ worth of analysis in five minutes before I started writing an essay answer on his character. That is how pathetic ISC English truly is :S.</p>
<p>By the way, I don’t think maturity and childlikeness are mutually exclusive ideals.</p>
<p>tetris, those are too deep waters; I won’t go there today.</p>