What if Holden didn't change?
Holden begins the single-paged last chapter with "That's all I'm going to tell about." His only reasoning is that "That stuff doesn't interest me too much right now." He immediately moves on to insulting the "psychoanalyst guy," talking about how stupid his question is. At first glance, it seems like Holden hasn't changed much, continuing to be hostile towards the people around him for no reason. However, in the last sentences of the book Holden admits his feelings of grief to us, saying "I think I even miss that goddam Maurice. It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything." The fact that he says "don't ever tell anybody anything" shows that he sees those feelings as weak, but he still shares them, hinting at the beginning of a development out of his old, hostile self. However, the tone of Holden in the final page that hinted that he remaining unchanged started to remind me of the movie The Big Leb...