blog: chapter 15 holden and mercutio

Holden identifies with Mercutio instead of Tybalt because Mercutio was innocent and didn't provoke his own death.  He probably sees Mercutio as Allie. Allie died of leukemia which he didn't give himself. Mercutio was stabbed and died; he didn't make this decision. Tybalt was wild and killed Mercutio. He didn't give Mercutio the chance to live and make something of himself. This means Mercutio was innocent and Tybalt was guilty. Holden talks so greatly of Allie and his family. " My brother D.B.'s a writer and all, and my brother Allie, the one that died, that I told you about, was a wizard. I'm really the only really dumb one." This shows how he believes that Allie should have had his chance to live.