Another argument that Yardley makes is how the novel is overly sentimental or in his words offers only “cheap sentimentality” (Yardley 4). Yardley is not completely wrong, Holden finds many things depressing that most other would not, but throughout the novel there are plenty of scenes where Holden deserves to be sad, and are not just trying to make the readers feel bad for him. There is a scene where Holden feels as if he is going to die and practically prays to his late brother, Allie, he says “Allie, don't let me disappear” Holden does not say this to gain pitty from the reader, but actually feels as if Allie could save him(Salinger.218). Another thing that Holden does is state how nearly everything is depressing to him, which could cause