Man, I got so sad all of a sudden at that part in Catcher in the Rye when Holden says that's what he wants to be.

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What did he want to be... I forgot

"The Catcher in the Rye"

Because he misremembered the words to the Poem, Coming through the Rye. Like if a bunch of little kids were playing in a field of rye, but there was a cliff off to the side. Holden says that all he'd want to do is stand by the edge and catch any of them that would fall off.

Now I remember

A catcher in the rye