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2506358 No.2506358 [Reply] [Original]

Was Holden autistic?

>> No.2506359

stop making this thread and go away

>> No.2506403

>>2506359
I've never made this thread before?
sorry, is there something I'm missing

>> No.2506409

>>2506403
>is there something I'm missing
Novelty

>> No.2506542

bump

>> No.2506549

The book is supposed to be read ironically, the character is supposed to be unlikable. Also "gay thread" gb2highschool son.

>> No.2506553

>>2506549
I did read it ironically, I do everything ironically.
I jenuinely enjoyed it tho. So it wasn't totally ironic.

I just want to know, was holden autistic?

>> No.2506558

>>2506553
no but he was a homosexual

>> No.2506563

>>2506558
Really? Could you cite a source or something for this?

>> No.2506572

>>2506553
>jenuinely
fuck off

>> No.2506577

please stop.

>> No.2506603

>>2506563
The faggot buys a hooker and then is too pussy to fuck her then gets beat up and robbed by a pimp and he sobs like a baby.

>> No.2506613

>>2506603
Well he was only 15 at the time of writing the book, wasn't he? It's understandable a 15 year old could cry in a stiuation like this.
Also he was just showing some sympathy for the hooker, that he respected her as a person. I don't think he avoided fucking her because he was a pussy and this isn't concrete evidence of homosexuality

>> No.2506731

>>2506613
I didn't really take it as respect, it was something like that at first but then he starts to get weirded out and depressed at how casual and bored her attitude is for doing a job that to Holden seems quite stressful, especially since she's not much older than him appearance-wise.

>>2506603
The sobbing part made sense to me, he'd been stressed out about Stradlater and Jane, on top of being kicked out of Pencey and the stress all boiled up to the top when the pimp/ho tried to shake him down.