When I met Holden Caulfield, my first impression was "And he just now started talking to a therapist?!" He comes off as eccentric, pessimistic, and just plain strange. I started to wonder how any person this different from me, who seems to find life pointless, could ever be related to me. But as I continued to read on, I realized he's merely holding open the feelings most of us try to repress for the whole …showed first 75 words of 772 total…

…showed last 75 words of 772 total…carrousel. He sits watching her as she the rides on her beat-up horse, flailing wildly for the golden ring. He thinks about warning her to be more careful, afraid she'd fall, but he holds himself back. Holden learns that in order to get anything, you have to take the risks, and leave the safety behind. He can no longer cling to his childish thoughts, but must let things go, in order to fully enjoy life.