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One interesting idea that is brought up in the article is that Holden's issues are not very somewhat ridiculous. I somewhat agree with this counterintuitive attitude. Throughout the book Holden is presented as the victim of a society which forces him to conform and pushes him into depression. This is intended to make the reader relate and sympathize with Holden. However, many can view it as more of a first world problem. He's a rich kid with a lot of time on his hands, and the article points out how his character isn't as relatable to audiences nowadays.

-Johnny Dinh Phan

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Ms. Feinberg recalled one 15-year-old boy from Long Island who told her: “Oh, we all hated Holden in my class. We just wanted to tell him, ‘Shut up and take your Prozac.’ ” I felt this was a really interesting view point on Holden, I've personally never thought about Holden in this manner, and the fact that another boy our own age thinks this way is interesting. I actually thought many people of this generation would be able to empathize with Holden and apparently this is not the case.

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One idea brought up in the article was that Holden is no longer relatable to modern-day teens because there is more of a teen culture now than there was back in Holden's day and that teens no longer struggle between their childhood and adult identities. I kind of disagree with this. I think teenagers have and always will have some difficulty adjusting between their childhood and adulthood. It's a pretty drastic transition to make, and I think it is still very relevant for most teens. I think the novel probably didn't resonate with certain teens back in the day as well, so it's not really like people can't identify with him just because times have changed.

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I agree that today it's a little hard to relate to Holden, mostly because the way he talks, but I still find him relatable. The way he can't make decisions easily and his obsessive use of curse words just make him relatable in a different way.

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One point that I found interesting from the article was the idea of a teen culture that wasn't available for Holden. I didn't think about how drastic his actions were from the adult and childhood worlds and how he's trying to establish himself somewhere in between the two.

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An interesting idea brought up was that the culture today is way different than in the 60s were way different than teens today. The culture today is much more embracing and "together" and having a protagonist that alienates others and is negative can be a turn off for modern day teens. Holden serves much better as a protagonist for the 60s than today.

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To see how Holden was slowly seen as a bad character for Teachers rather than an interesting topic to talk/teach about in class.

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I think it's pretty interesting how they think that our generations nowadays don't like Holden at all. I mostly agree because we all recognize that Holden isn't a reliable narrator and that he over exaggerates almost everything.

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One interesting idea is that Holden isn't as important to teenagers now a days. I agree with this because we can't really relate to him because he is doing all theses things we would never do like hanging out in New York for almost a whole week.

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When they said that it was falling out of touch as the author. I think its still relatable but not with everyone. I feel that now days he is more relatable with people who suffer from mental health and see the world the way that Holden see it. Its relatable but just not with everyone anymore. I relate to how he feels, its different for everyone. - anonymous

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I found the fact that teenagers now are so disconnected from teenagers from the 1950's. Teenagers now have more luxuries like social media, and are understood more these days. Teenagers from the 1950's had nowhere to go. I see how it would be harder for teenagers back then because of the disconnect with family, and going away to school, and having no way to talk to people they know while they are away.

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I agree with what the article says. For the most part I feel like we can't really relate to Holden. When I read the book there were times when I thought that Holden was just a whiny kid or that he's stupid for doing the things he does. The article brought up a good point in saying that he's not as relatable now than he was back then. I think that back then someone like Holden didn't exist or wasn't seen a lot, but now a person like Holden is seen everywhere and his character i just played out at this point.

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One idea that was brought up was how kids now days dislike holden and how he isn't relatable to modern day teens

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One idea that was brought up was how kids now days dislike holden and how he isn't relatable to modern day teens

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Personally, I see holden the same way you'd see any other whiny attention-.wanting teenager. we all know them. they exist everywhere. maybe its not that we don't relate to holden, we just see holden all too often. its overall your choice to see more to holden than a whiny teenager, though. there is more to Holden.

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The culture of the novel is vastly different than the culture of today. Back then, youd be praised for being an outcast, and respected. Today, everyone is more accepted and seen as a companion, and outcasts are ridiculed and made fun of. So holden isn't able to be related to.

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I found it interesting how teachers say that young readers don't like Holden as much as they used to. I wonder why that is, maybe because the modern day youth is getting more and more mature.

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I like the idea that Salinger is out of touch with the modern American teenager. Times have changed and Holden Caulfield is not a character that truly resonates with the modern American culture. -Tyler

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They brought up how Holden wasn't really relevant anymore. I kind of understand this, because Holden does come off as pretty whiny and annoying. He just needs to collect himself and then get over himself.