[Borges]

“whose main goal in life is to seek out booze and loose women.”

And his attempts at both are defined by failure, loneliness, and emotional distress. This lifestyle is shown for what it leads to.

[Antoninus]

And his attempts at both are defined by failure, loneliness, and emotional distress. This lifestyle is shown for what it leads to.

Yeah, but there's so much cursing, dude. I was like, damn, dude be droppin' f-bombs. Edgy, man, edgy for English class.

No teen guy is going to take your above message away from this book. The message they're going to take is: Holden is a douche who wants to be a stud like me. He has no idea how to have a good time or make it with a babe at all. What a loser.