Chapter 15- Catcher in the Rye

Holden is critical towards the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare while talking to the nuns. He criticizes Romeo and Juliet and says that it is there fault that Mercutio, his favorite character, died. "It was Romeo's fault. I mean I liked him the best in the play, old Mercutio" and "He was very smart and entertaining and all..." Holden's thoughts about a smart person dying, Mercutio, could be related to his brother, Allie's death.