I've noticed three distinct stages in the reader's response to the character's response to Holden, generally related to the age of the reader: 1) "Holden's so

I've noticed three distinct stages in the reader's response to the character's response to Holden, generally related to the age of the reader: 1) "Holden's so cool-- I'm just like him" 2) "Holden's a loser-- I'm nothing like him" 3) "Holden's a loser-- I was just like him" From the article, it appears that the teenagers reading the book these days are jumping straight to the second stage. I hope they re-read it when they are a decade or two older.