The Catcher in the Rye- The End

There are two quotes on the last two pages of the book that I am going to discuss in this blog.

The first one is:
"...how do you know what you're going to do until you do it?" (page 213)

Holden was saying how he hates being asked what he is going to do. I completely agree with him and the quote he says. We all have ideas on what we want to be, or do. This isn't just about life goals, but maybe things a week away from now. We all have ideas and things we plan on doing, but who knows if that's really going to happen. I'd say about 90% of the time, what people do plan doesn't happen. I think a better question would be "what do you want to do with your life?" It definitely makes more sense. Nobody knows what is going to happen after all. I'm not sure, though, if maybe Holden and I just take things too literal, though. I know I can be awfully literal and sarcastic a bunch. Whatever way, it still bothers me a bit.

The other quote is this one:
"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do you start missing everybody." (page 214)

This also is very true. Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss things until someone brings it up, or something reminds you of it. You talk about how things used to be, and then it hits you that it is all gone, or that you won't see it for a while, or maybe when you come back things won't be the same as they were before you left. Or maybe the people won't be the same. Or whatever it is you've been away from. Everyone has at least one point in their life they liked to relive again, and to talk about you get nostalgic, a little depressed, and you miss it, at least for a little bit, anyway.


Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. Print.