Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: The book was extremely interesting and realistic.
Review: The book hit many good subjects. Holden was a great character, his life story was kind of funny yet I could relate to it. He seemed mature through most of the novel. Many people may misunderstand his character. The ending was kind of dissappointing because Holden gave up.

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Summary: Book Review
Review: The book i read was "The Catcher In The Rye" by J.D. Salinger. This book was the best book i have ever read. The reason i fell this way is because usually i hate reading boooks. I usually cant keep reading any book for over an hour withourt taking a break but with this book, I couldnt put it down. The story was very detailed and also very interesting. The author was very good because he never kept you board or confused. I Liked this book because It was different. The author jumped from one thing to another and kept you on your seat. He also let you think that a certain thing was going to happen and it wouldnt and i liked that alot. "The Catcher In The Rye" was a very good book and i recomened it to anyone that likes or hates to read like my self.

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Summary: A lot of swearing, but that is the attitude of the book.
Review: The book is about this boy, Holden. He goes to highschool in New York, but he is doing very bad. It is Christmas time and he just got kicked out of school, because he failed to many classes. His parents are going to get to know it in a few days and he doesn't want to go home before they know. But he doesn't want to stay at the school either, so he takes the train to New York City. He sleeps at a cheep hotel and he does a lot of bad things. He just hangs around and gets drunk. His family lives in New York City and he wants to see his younger sister, so he goes home to see her. He doesn't meet his parents though. His sister seems to be the most important person in his life, and you can tell he really loves her. The book is written in first person and he tells the story like he would tell a friend. There are a lot of swearing in the book and that probably makes a lot of the book's attitude. I don't enjoy reading it though. It is to much. The book is not a gramatically good book, it has a lot of made-up words. The story the narrator tells is enjoying and it probably tells how some people have it. It is worth reading I think even if it was not the best book I have read. J.D. Salingers book was interesting and I will probably read more books he has written, to be able to compare and get to know his style of writing.

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Summary: it ....
Review: the book is nothing but a democratic self centered view of life. i could care less about reading a book with a cry-baby wining about his life. this is the type of action that drags this country into the black hole of depression. if a book moves a person and it does not have the words holy bible on the front of it, it shows how lost the person it "moved" really is.

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Summary: To be read by everyone
Review: The book is simply amazing. Salinger thoroughly tears apart our culture and our beliefs through the cynical 16-year-old, Holden Caulfield. This is the best book I have ever read (besides Quinn's Ishmael, of course) and I hope that everyone has a chance to read this book. Salinger pointed out to me mistakes in my own belief and life that I now thank him for. The book taught me a lot. Isn't that what books are for?

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Summary: Trainer in the Rye
Review: The book opens as Houlden is awaiting Christmas vacation and the first day of his expulsion. He tells of how he can't stand his roommate and all the guys that go to Pency. Then he leaves three days early. He quickly packs and heads... somewhere. Since he did not want his parents to know he failed all of his subjects except English, he detours and spends three days in New York hotel. While in a cab, he strikes up a conversation with the driver. Then Houlden pops the question that follows him throughout all his cab rides. "You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know by any chance?"(page 60). The driver could not tell him. But he knew what happened to the fish... they get frozen under water. It puzzled me that the driver could not tell Houlden the answer. Then I learned that the ducks were a symbol for something else in his life. Houlden used to have a brother Allie, but he died of leukemia. Houlden is sort of an atheist so he does not believe much in G-d. If there is no G-d, there is no heaven for him, either. Houlden still thinks about him often. It makes Houlden wonder where Allie is. The ducks are a metaphor for Allie. Houlden wants to know where did Allie really go. Catcher in the Rye is a good story for teens to read. I felt as though I could I relate to some of the situations. J.D. Salinger did an excellent job of looking through a teenager's eyes at the surrounding world. The "goddamns" gave that real teen approach, but I think it was a little overdone. This book was written in the fifties, and it's nice to that some things about teens will never change. I found the last chapter of the book to be rather confusing. In its shortness, you have to read carefully to notice the details that tell his fate about his breakdown. Houlden drops small clues about his psychological problem as the book develops. Breaking all the windows of the car with his bare hands after Allie dies would be one of the signs. Houlden doesn't tend to interact with others well. At his last school, Pency, we know he doesn't get along with Stradlater, Ackley or any of his classmates. He doesn't get along with Sally, either. There are, although, some people he gets along with... Jane, Allie, Phoebe, the nuns at the restaurant. The tone of the story is depressed. To me, it seems more clearly stated than in most books. Everything about Houlden is depressed, except at the end when he's watching Phoebe on the carousel. Houlden was a rather flat character, or didn't change much throughout the length of the novel.

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Summary: compelling, honest, and brilliant. A deserving classic.
Review: The book speaks for itself. Holden Caulfield is the classic disgruntled adolescent.

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Summary: Finished poorly
Review: The book started well and held the attention of the reader to the very end. However, the end left many questions. Those questions made me give the novel only a four star rating.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: The book taps into the life of a troubled boy. Many men can identify with Holden. I felt as though Salinger described what growing up as a male was all about. I have read the book twice and still feel as though I do not completely understand everything. I do understand and identify with many things that the boy is feeling throughout the book.

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Summary: A review written by an average person
Review: The book The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger was very well written.The book is told by Holden Caulfield when he is 17 years old. However the story took place when Holden was 16. The book is written in more of a conversational tone. It's as if you got together with an old friend sat down to something to drink and traded stories. He often goes off on tangents that don't really have anything to do with the story. lt's not as though he sat down and wrote the story. It's more like he is telling the story to a friend or is writing a journal. The main character Holden is really quite the hateful person. The story starts right after Holden getts kicked out of a prep school. Later on in the novel he talks about how he hates the school and how he hates the people at the school. The thing is though that he hates peoplenb for reasons like; they hate other people just because they have pimples and don't brush their teeth, or that they won't let someone in their room, or that they like to go to the movies and they look forward to it. So he really hates people because they hate other people or they like something that he doesn't. Holden hated movies and thought that the people that went to see them were crazy. He never gives a reason for this though. So he's kind of a hipocrit in a way. Almost all the things he says about people are bad. He's not possitive at all. Except for when he talks about his little sister Phoabe. His little sister is 10 years old, but according to what Holden says about her she must be pretty smart and mature for her age. He is often talking about her and the things he says are good. He always says stuff like he wished you could have seen her, or that you should have been there, or you would like her if you could meet her. Wich adds a lot to the more conversational tone of the book. But from the way he talks about her she sounds like a pretty cut kid. I think the only person that Holden cares about is Phoebe. He doesn't seem to even care about himself that much. He just goes through life hating people and whining whenever he gets the chance to. However I wouldn't recomend this book to anyone. The book up to the end is really pretty good, but the ending is really terrible. In my opinion the ending of a book is the most important part. The novel doesn't really have a plot. I have looked and I can't find one anywhere. So I wouldn't recomend this book to anyone. The book was OK but the end ruined it because it sucked.