What he really wanted is something that we don't know. Well, when his sister asked him, he didn't know, too. It was hard for him to answer.
Holden was lucky enough to have the chance to a good education. But unfortunately, he wasn't lucky enough to not know what he really wanted. He doesn't know how to deal with his room mates, his classmates, his friends. After several schools, he still couldn't figure out what he really wanted.
If this is indeed one of the reading requirements in schools in the U.S., I don't know how this could really affect the students. He could be a bad example and a bad influence to them not to follow. But on the other hand, he could become some students' role model in dealing with life. Some students might thought that he was having a good life drinking night and day. I guess it would just be a matter of how the reader would take it.
I want to know what kind of childhood did he have. But as what was the first sentence of the book, he didn't talk about it. I want to know what kind of parents does he have. But one thing I'm sure of, they are not as bad as I think they are for having Holden as their kid, because D.B., his brother, is very different from him.
I guess it's just him and his confusion.
In the end, I ask: Would he change?
I could only wonder.
The last sentence of the book:
If you do, you start missing everybody.
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