Of course, one can say that Holden is too hard on people, just like Franny is, and that is true, I think, but only because he does not see (the way Franny eventually does see, with the help of Zooey) that to compromise one’s ideals, at least in regard to what one expects of other people, is to allow yourself to love those people. And, as Zooey would have it, to love God in them as well.