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Am I the only teenager in the world who found Holden Caulfield (as in Salinger's Catcher In the Rye) whiny, creepy, and not particularly someone to identify with? It's supposed to be like, the book in which all teenagers can see themselves or whatever, but I don't know who came up with that idea. He's a sixteen-year-old with the lifestyle of a twenty-six-year-old, thinking and behaving like an immature twelve-year-old. Yeah, he makes the occasional intelligent comment, but the book doesn't even have a plot, okay? After a while, I got tired of the repetitive slang; the way Holden implored the reader to have sympathy for him, but not too much, because he can't handle that; and of course, the episodes that pass for a plot: In Which Holden Blows Off a "Friend", In Which Holden Has Issues With a Girl, In Which Holden Contemplates His Family Situation. What I see in it is a kid who has trouble relating to people and who avoids reality. He's obsessed with sex and drinking and various types of girls. He needs to find someone who he can, you know, talk to. Maybe it was rebellious and daring when it came out. Maybe it's the whole Salinger mystique. Maybe I just didn't get it. I read it because I was told repeatedly about its brilliance; I saw almost none of that. I won't deny that there were amusing moments, but as a whole I was far from impressed.