Pnatoja, that story is intense, thank you for sharing that.
Monster- I agree about your assessment of H caufield, but i have to add one thing. He is the scapegoat all along, he is because he feels the burden of life so heavily and whines and grimmaces about it, but to me it is about how our perceptions can also shape our realities....to the reader, he is a whiner and a spoiled brat until this line, to Holden, he is the messiah on the cross.
there is no better way to understand conflict or disagreement than to understand who the opponent is and more importantly, who they THINK they are.