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*** I completely loathed it in senior English because I couldn't get past what I saw as Holden just being a [[EmoTeen whiny little bitch]] that I wanted to slap upside the head. It wasn't until I re-read it as an adult that I could appreciate the other aspects of the story, even if I ''still'' wanted to smack Holden senseless. By the time I hit adolescence, disaffected teenage characters were so much the norm that I had a hard time sympathizing with him, because I'd already read so many stories about troubled teenagers. For me it was definitely a case of OnceOriginalNowOverdone, and Holden's pseudo-intellectualism started to really grate after the first chapter.
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*** I completely loathed it in senior English because I couldn't get past what I saw as Holden just being a [[EmoTeen whiny little bitch]] that I wanted to slap upside the head. It wasn't until I re-read it as an adult that I could appreciate the other aspects of the story, even if I ''still'' wanted to smack Holden senseless. By the time I hit adolescence, disaffected teenage characters were so much the norm that I had a hard time sympathizing with him, because I'd already read so many stories about troubled teenagers. For me it was definitely a case of OnceOriginalNowOverdone, OnceOriginalNowCommon, and Holden's pseudo-intellectualism started to really grate after the first chapter.
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** I suspect the growth of the internet really hasn't helped the novel much either - these days, we don't need to read about it in a book, we have a neverending supply of obnoxious little shits spouting their whiny self-obsessed ramblings for real on every social media site and message board on the web.
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* I am not saying that the book is bad or anything like that, I actually rather enjoyed this book, but I just don't understand why people hold it up to this standard as being a dark and edgy book ahead of its time and as being this groundbreaking book about a young intellectual going against the fallacies of the world around him. Not really, all the book is about is a teenager going through the normal struggles that a teenager goes through, and that is basically all there is to it, sure Holden is a little rebellious but every child goes through a phase like that with their parents and other assorted authority figures. It is basically a commentary on the struggles of a high school student with all the drama in their academic, professional, and personal circles of life, Holden is an interesting character but hardly anything about his story is groundbreaking.
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* I am not saying that the book is bad or anything like that, I actually rather enjoyed this book, but I just don't understand why people hold it up to this phony standard as being a dark and edgy book ahead of its time and as being this groundbreaking book about a young intellectual going against the fallacies of the world around him. Not really, all the book is about is a teenager going through the normal struggles that a teenager goes through, and that is basically all there is to it, sure Holden is a little rebellious rebellious, but every child sorta goes through a phase like that with their parents and other assorted authority figures. It I mean, it is basically a commentary on the struggles of a high school student with all the drama in their academic, professional, and personal circles of life, Holden is an interesting character but hardly anything about his story is groundbreaking.
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** Also - the novel is definitely a case of the {{SeinfeldIsUnfunny}} effect.
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** Also - the novel is definitely a case of the {{SeinfeldIsUnfunny}} OnceOriginalNowCommon effect.
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*** I completely loathed it in senior English because I couldn't get past what I saw as Holden just being a [[EmoTeen whiny little bitch]] that I wanted to slap upside the head. It wasn't until I re-read it as an adult that I could appreciate the other aspects of the story, even if I ''still'' wanted to smack Holden senseless. By the time I hit adolescence, disaffected teenage characters were so much the norm that I had a hard time sympathizing with him, because I'd already read so many stories about troubled teenagers. For me it was definitely a case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, and Holden's pseudo-intellectualism started to really grate after the first chapter.
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*** I completely loathed it in senior English because I couldn't get past what I saw as Holden just being a [[EmoTeen whiny little bitch]] that I wanted to slap upside the head. It wasn't until I re-read it as an adult that I could appreciate the other aspects of the story, even if I ''still'' wanted to smack Holden senseless. By the time I hit adolescence, disaffected teenage characters were so much the norm that I had a hard time sympathizing with him, because I'd already read so many stories about troubled teenagers. For me it was definitely a case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, OnceOriginalNowOverdone, and Holden's pseudo-intellectualism started to really grate after the first chapter.
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