What would you do if you got rejected?

heinochus
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:31:08 +0000

I guess I’d agree with you. I also get the sense that Holden’s a pretty good guy, deep-down (I think Salinger may have once said that he’s “hopelessly impaled” on the world’s beauty, which I thought was a great quote.) And it would stand to reason that he “reverberates” with teenagers.

On a side note, doesn’t the text imply that Holden is/has been committed to an institution of some sort?