Depression and Advice

In this blog, I want to talk about how Holden claims to be very depressed. He did not know what to do or where to go. This feeling would have happened eventually, but it happened sooner because of how he left Mr. Antolini’s house. He did not know what to do.

“I didn’t know where the hell to go. I didn’t want to go to another hotel and spend all Phoebe’s dough. So finally all I did was I walked over to Lexington and took the subway down to the Grand Central. My bags were there and all, and I figured I’d sleep in that crazy waiting room where all the benches are. So that’s what I did…” “It wasn’t too nice. Don’t every try it. I mean it. It’ll depress you.” “…And I think I was more depressed than I ever was in my whole life” (Salinger 194).

Holden seems to be in a very dark place right now. I feel bad for him because of that, but at the same time, he got himself into a mess on his own. I feel like I can easily relate to him, though. He just does not know what to do. It is just a rough path in his life. Hopefully he can get himself up and realize that he got himself into a mess that he needs to get himself out of. They say time heals all wounds, but that is always hard to believe when you are in a bad position in your life. A lot of times for me, I do not take advice well. I feel like people are just telling you what to do and they do not know what you are really going through. Holden does not feel like that with Mr. Antolini, though. I always think that when people give other people advice, they should take it. It is hard to take advice, though. Life is hard and unfair. Advice always sounds good, but it just takes a lot of effort to actually go forth with. I hope Holden can take Mr. Antolini’s advice, though. I think he can.

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