Back to Catcher...

20 January 2023: "He's so innocent and smart, but he doesn't know how innocent and smart he is." --one of my Young Adults Lit students today talking about Holden in The Catcher in the Rye. 

This class has been on the quiet side, but they had so many fascinating insights on and comments about the book today, including the one above. That paradox seems useful for understanding the character and his dilemma.