The Catcher In The Rye

         I am currently reading  The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield, who sees the world in a different view. A more of a hateful teenage way. He has a different filter in his eyes. He sees a lot of the word in a evil, improper, and false way. He looks at it very harshly. 
        Holden makes things feel more fake. More unreal. Like happiness isn't real. He doesn't even try to be happy. I mean he's failing school and wont do anything about it. He doesn't care if he's failing. "I'm the one that's flunking out of the Goddamn place". He just knows it. It seems like he depends everything on faith. I wish I could yell at him saying how he shouldn't and how he should take some action with him trying. He doesn't really like many people. There is always something wrong about every person. Its like hes trying to find out something wrong about someone, but everyone isn't perfect. He also thinks of a lot of people as pathetic. This phrase that he is going through is like the change from teenage to adult. As he takes the view of one person, he doesn't take a second look. Could it be that is trying to protect himself? I mean he blurted to Mr. Spencer that he feels trapped in this world. Like there is no freedom. He also started to wear a red hunting hat. Which represents how creative and original Holden is. It's like his secret place where he travels when he has no one. It's like a comfort for him, even if its a hat. I noticed that he doesn't really wear it around his friends. It could be more than a friend. 
       Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book. However, it did remind me of Perks of being a Wallflower. I couldn't stop thinking about how similar the two books were. I mean Charlie and Holden were so much alike. They have the same feelings about life.  Like sometimes there is no one you can go but yourself. You have to comfort yourselves and realize that one thing can't get in your way forever. You have to let things come and go