Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: An absolutely brilliant and engrossing novel.
Review: The best book that I have ever read. As a seventeen year old who read the book for the first time more than three years ago, I truly resent people who claim that this book could only appeal to whiny baby boomers. That comment is ludicrously narrow-minded. This book spoke to me like no other book ever had before or has had since. I felt as if it was written for me. It was a truly incredible read. Hands down the best book that I have ever read!

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Summary: A page turner
Review: The best I can say of the book is that I could not put it down after I began reading it. Niether could I relate to the character, Caulfield nor did he seem like a very likable person. It was just interesting to see the world through a cynical teenager's eye. Sometimes he does make sense when he wonders at the pretense in our society, but mostly he just comes across as a self -centered, spoilt teen.

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Summary: A Literary Masterpiece, Catcher in the Rye
Review: The best thing about this book is that the main character, Holden Caulfield is the most real chatacter I have ever read about. He's got thoughts that most everyone his age has. Even as an adult I think a lot like Holden does. He is a really "cool" guy. He's got a crew cut, and he's got grey hair in most of it. He smokes and has emphysema. He wears one of those red hunter's caps even though he thinks it looks silly. He's so cool because of the way he is, and how he sees things.. his ideas of people and things are so cynical and honest, that you wonder if Holden Caulfield's character was based upon someone J.D. Salinger once new. I can only hope that one day I find someone just like Holden. There's a Holden out there for everyone.

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Summary: The Catcher in the Rye
Review: The biggest waste of reading material ever written. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen and it never did. To put it in Holden's words, J.D. Salinger is the biggest phony i've ever encountered.

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Summary: I believe this book was a search for sence of self and secur
Review: The book "Catcher In The Rye" is at sometimes quite puzzling, trying to identify with Holden, and what was going through his mind was a struggle.He was a very fickle person, but being as fickle as he was he never crossed the line of his morals,making me respect him more. Holden thought that it was himself vs the world and that noone would want to help him, but what he didnt understand is that people did want help him, he just wouldn't let them. Holden is trying to find a sence of self,trying to find where exactly he stands in the world. Holden wants to be perfect, he wants to find the perfect companion, but with as negative as he is he will never be able to find the right person to fit his needs.

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Summary: Juxtapose
Review: The book "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is an excellent comming of age novel. You see the world through the eyes of the main character, Holden Caulfield. Salinger uses swirls his unique characters into his "stream of concious" writing style. The blend of Holden's tangents and his simplistic observations of other people serve as a source of comedy and sadness.
Holden is a unique character in himself. He observes other people's "phony" actions and ridicules them for it, when at the same time Holden is not perfect by any means. I think the idea of seeing your self, and self-actuality are two of the novel's main themes. Holden is one of the most prominent protagonists in contemporary literature because he is so easily realted to. His hardships of adolescense can apply to almost every teenage in today's world. The struggle for a purpose in life is one of the biggest challenges that people face, and I think the novel shows one way that a lot of people handle it.
This novel is one of the best books in American contemporary literature because it carries so many themes and ideas about life that everyone can relate to.

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Summary: Very inspiring with good examples.
Review: The book as a whole was very well written and had a good story to it. I enjoyed reading about the occurances in the few days of Holden's life. The slang terms and phrases that Holden uses was very convincing of telling the story of the life of a sixteen year old. The only part I didn't like was the ending. It didn't really end at all, because just all of a sudden things were ok again. It leaves the reader to sit there and wonder "what next?"

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Summary: Catcher in the Rye
Review: The book Catcher in the Rye is a great novel. During the whole story, Holden releases a lot of emotions, tensions, and his hatred and also the things that bother him. His character is very easy to relate with because you share his feelings and you can understand why he feels the way he does towards other people or things. Throughout my life, I have to admit that "Catcher in the Rye" is one of the best book I've actually read and enjoyed reading.

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Summary: the book is a very good example of coming of age.
Review: The book emphasizes on the life of an adolescent who is going thru some rough times.

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Summary: "An interesting book."
Review: The book had a unique way of putting imagination and real life together. I liked the book, enough to come to the web-site. The only reason that I wouldn't give it a 5 star rating is it uses God's name in vain eccesively. It's kind of uncomfortable reading the book aloud and coming across words in a way that are not appropriate to me, but other than that I'd give it two-thumbs up.