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Originally Posted by churchredempt
If anything I hate sexuality more than Caulfield.
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Holden didn't hate sexuality. He was uncomfortable with sexuality, an iconic notion with his point in life. In general, his whole story is about coming to terms with a discomfort related to the world. I think you're feeling the same.
A lot of monastic lifestyles are changing these days. If you start to study the religious life, they'll tell you the idea of removing yourself from the world is getting less and less popular. More monasteries and convents are situated in the city now, and concentrate on social out-reach.
You can't get much out of turning away from your problems. I'd advocate fighting them. Look at the things you don't think are right in the world, and find a route to act against them.
You know how Catcher In The Rye didn't really have an ending? I could imagine Holden taking all that discomfort and turning it toward a good cause. Didn't his Professor say he could imagine him sacrificing his life for some unworthy cause? What if the problem wasn't the zeal, but an unworthy cause and an excessive sacrifice? If he found a worthy cause and didn't let himself go over the cliff, he could have been keeping those kids from going over just the way he imagined.
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That would create a unstoppable fun black hole from which there would be no escape!!!!!
Thanks, I now have to start drinking from thinking about it. 
