#tcitr

[tequilguy]

could not stop thinking about this

[fionacle]

THE WAY THE DUCKS REPRESENT HOW HE CANT FUCKING MOVE ON AND HE CARES ABOUT THINGS NO ONE ELSE DOES OR AT LEAST NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO ADMIT IN AND IT MAKES ME CRY

THE WAY NOT GETTING ON THE CAROUSEL AT THE END SHOWS HES FINALLY STARTING TO TRY TO GROW UP

THE WAY HE NOTICES THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE

THE WAY HES SO IMMATURE ABOUT ALL THESE ‘PHONIES’ BUT THE WAY HES KINDA RIGHT

THE WAY HES BI AND AUTISTIC

THE WAY HE CARES BUT HES STILL A BIT OF AN UNFEELING PRICK SOMETIMES BUT THE WAY ITS USUALLY BECAUSE HE CARES TOO MUCH

THE WAY HE HAS SO MUCH CARE IN SUCH AN UNCARING WORLD AND YET ITS SOMEHOW MISINTERPRETED BY EVERYONE HE MEETS AS LACK OF CARE

THE WAY HES DROWNING IN HIS TRAUMA AND HIMSELF AND HE JUST CANT MAKE IT INTO THAT ADULT WORLD

THE WAY HIS ONLY ALLY IS HIS SISTER, AND MAYBE THAT TEACHER TOO I GUESS

THE WAY HES A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR

THE WAY HE CAN BE SO MEAN BUT FEELS SO BAD ABOUT IT BUT THAT DOESNT MAKE HIM ABLE TO STOP

and sorry if this is phrased rude i genuinely don’t mean it that way, but the way everyone just reads the book and says ‘ew he’s such a dick’

Holden Caulfield you’ll be special to me forever ❤️

[fedordostoevskij]

[betryl]

I finished reading The Catcher in the Rye and those last few chapters did hit the spot 🥲

[tequilguy]

caulfields

[ofmiceandpeace]

Catcher in the Rye fanart 🌾

PHOEBE SUPREMACY HOLDEN SUPREMACY TOO

[fedordostoevskij]

me when there is anger on his brows but sorrow in his eyes

[getchhoo]

I'm literally obsessed with The Catcher In The Rye can anyone talk to me about it 🥺🥺 Please 😁😁🤞🏻🤞🏻

[snortoborto]

Starlight Glimmer smoking a cigarette and reading The Catcher in the Rye

[snortoborto]

No way (THIS IS A HOLDEN CAULFIELD LOVE ACCOUNT!!!)

This is a Holden Caulfield hate account

[snortoborto]

Holdzyn Caulfield

rip holden caulfield you would’ve loved zyn

[snortoborto]

Based and dog pilled

holden dogfield

[kyatra]

when nothing’s really wrong but you suddenly don’t feel like talking to anyone at all yet you’re still lonely and you either can’t sleep or can’t stay awake and your singular hobby of playing games on the computer has become a chore and you don’t want to go anywhere or do anything and everything is unsettlingly Nothing

[doll-days]

So, I accidentally connected two dots and made a meme…

Image ID: Two muscular arms giving each other a handshake. The arm on the left has text saying “Tex McCormick,” the main character from Tex. The arm of the right has text saying “Holden Caulfield,” the main character of The Catcher in the Rye. On top of the handshake says “Literally hiding in the closet at some point in their respective novels,” referring to scenes in both books where Tex McCormick and Holden Caulfield literally hid in a closet.

[floatyteabag]

if anyone has read the catcher in the rye, please lmk if it’s worth continuing- i’m 1/4 of the way through and so far it’s letting me down majorly

[magdeline1]

What I Love About The Catcher in The Rye

What I love about The Catcher in The Rye is that while there is so much representation in the media of the gifted burn-out kid, TCITR presents a narrative where the kid is burned out before he can even try. He develops an all-or-nothing mentality toward education, giving up the minute he decides he dislikes something because perhaps the turbulence of his parent's ways, boarding school trauma, and his brother's death haven't allowed him to pursue or earn any victories in his life. He calls other people "phonies" (so iconic) and seems to judge others as a coping mechanism while still displaying sympathy towards them. He's still a young boy; he's not a sociopath. However, by judging people and roaming around NYC, he doesn't look internally. He explains how he might've felt, what he said, and what he did through his inner dialogue, but it's up to the reader to understand that the prose almost seems shallow because Holden suppresses deep-rooted trauma and a lot of context to his life. He has a mental breakdown and wants to get away somehow and preserve every child's innocence because his own is lost. But what can he do? Not sure. Maybe try again at a new boarding school, maybe attend psychotherapy.