EMPATHETIC

I felt like I was passing judgment on Holden. He is so different from myself; but yet he is just the same. I think he has a little of all of us in him. We all have our opinions about things. We all judge, whether we say it out loud or not.

Like Holden, we don't like the smell of old people. Some of us are even as lazy as him. I'll admit to being as lazy. I admit that I don't care about certain things either. We all have those times. It isn't like Holden doesn't care about anything. He just is selective about what he cares about.

He cared about getting a goodbye. I'm like that too. I get the feeling that something doesn't have an ending until I get some kind of conclusion. So, I get why he was sad that no one was there to tell him goodbye or sound like they would miss him. I think I would be like him and say goodbye to my teacher too.