The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye (Mass Market Paperback, 미국판) - 『호밀밭의 파수꾼』원서
제롬 데이비드 샐린저 지음 / Little Brown & Company / 1991년 5월

이 글에는 스포일러가 포함되어 있습니다.

This book is about a boy named Caulfield. 

At first I thought he was just a boy with a pessimistic view of the world. I could understand and empathize with his viewpoints. Nonetheless, as the story goes on, I started to get more annoyed of him because his pessimistic thoughts and actions got more and more irrational. He also kept sabotaging himself and breaking down. That's when I realized that he is just depressed. 

It made me look back at the past when I was severely depressed as well. It made me wonder, was I like that too; irrationally pessimistic and breaking down over nothing? The answer was yes. That's why I could relate and empathize more to Caulfield. In the end, I was glad he was able to get out of it. 

The book was not as good as I heard it was, but I could see why people like it. I could see that it could be consoling for some.

Overall, I feel like at one point in life, everyone goes through a period of time like Caulfield, and if you haven't, you are lucky. 

Goddamn money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. - P126

All morons hate it when you call them moron. - P50

"You don‘t like anything that‘s happening." - P187

"This fall I think you‘re riding for - it‘s a special kind of fall, a horrible one. The man falling isn‘t permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling..." - P207