#but on the other hand I had to read The Fountainhead. So like. Limited sympathy to Catcher in the Rye sufferers
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If I see one more person complain about Catcher in the Rye because "the protagonist is so whiny and unrelatable" I'm going to have to actually read it won't I.
#'this teenager is irritable' yeah man they do that#IIRC Holden has reasons to be off-putting? but I haven't directly read it so I'm not yet sure!#I'm very grateful to my lit classes for a) letting us choose among several books to read and b) having books about more than white boys#but on the other hand I had to read The Fountainhead. So like. Limited sympathy to Catcher in the Rye sufferers#I also had to read Anthem! TWO Rands!#also I think it's getting weird how people insist Lord of the Flies is utterly irrelevant to them#yeah if you were literally stranded on a deserted island you'd probably do better than the dear little colonists#but metaphorically? You read a book about kids cannibalizing each other WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL and didn't see any parallel?#were you the school bully or what#if your teacher taught any book as Universally Relatable they did it wrong#but if you're not finding *anything* to connect to you might just not be putting in the effort
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