I'm on the other camp on this one. I hated Holden Caulfied. He didn't make any original or meaningful observations at all. He was just a narcissistic sociopath borderline psychopath and misogynist.

The only time I felt sorry for him was when his teacher started to behave inappropriately with him. But he was still an asshole even before that happened to him.

It often worries me when people say they find this character interesting because I'm like did we read the same book? Wtf.

Idk.

To each their own.