What should I say? It is simply the best book I’ve read. I went through the similar confusing stage myself in college. The differences were first, I didn’t talk and lie, I did what Holden imaged what he would do near the end of the book – acting like a deaf person so everyone stopped talking with me; second, I didn’t get ax and run away and horse around, instead, I ate and ate and gained fifty pounds in three months… I still don’t know which one is more harmful.