Advice To Holden..

I think that Holden is very lonely, lost and confused boy. He has been in private boarding schools through the most crucial years of his life. All through his teenage years his parents have sent him from school to school, if he was kicked out they would find a new one. I think this has affected Holden a lot. His younger brother, Allie died when he was really young and he misses him. I think Holden just doesn't understand his feelings and how to express them, and not having his parents around to guide him hasn't really helped.


I think Holden should realize just because things don't go his way in life he needs to accept them and find a way to continue living, instead of doing the things he does. Holden smokes a lot of cigarettes and goes to bars and drinks a lot as well. He seems to have a good heart but is just very confused.


Holden, I think that you should realize the opportunities that you have in life and stop taking them for granted. You have a good family, even though you may not see them as much as you like, and you get the opportunity to go to very big name schools. Stop getting yourself kicked out of everyone you go to, if you rather go to a school closer to home, talk to your parents and try to tell them how you feel. Tell them you feel lost and abandoned when your all alone, at a school so far from home. Talking to someone about how you feel usually helps. You should also try to turn your life around, stop smoking cigarettes and drinking so much, your sixteen and a border line alcoholic.


You have a good heart and care deeply about your family and people close to you; take advantage of that when deciding what to do in life. Let those around you help you, don't push them away every chance you get, they are there to help. You need to try and be a little more open minded about the things and people in the world, not everybody and everything is "phoney" or "lousy". Life may not always go as planned but you need to carry on, pick up the pieces and start over.