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Summary: Loss of Innocence
Review: "The Catcher In The Rye," by J.D. Salinger is a book that targets the trials and hardships American teens face before they are hurled into the frightening world of adulthood. The book is filled with underlying implications and symbolism that keeps one in suspense as to what will happen next.
In the begining of the story, one is unsure of the characters' location or who he is speaking to. The main character, Holden Caulfield, has just been expelled from yet another boarding school and he is telling the entire story from his rather negative perspective. He is on his way back to his home in New York when he makes a few startling discoveries about his life. He ponders where the ducks go when the pond in central park freezes over and why things are constantly changing. He thinks about his brother that passed away and he wishes he could save children about to make their great change into adulthood. He realizes that he is not ready for the life ahead of him. He also realizes that his younger sister is still trapped in a world of innocence and fears for her as she inches towards the world of adulthood.
Throughout the story, Holden is having many conflicts. He has conflicts with society and authority figures as well as within himself. He has a problem with any person with power over his life. He feels they are phony and has no respect for them. Within himself, he seems to feel out of control. He feels unable to change the course his life has begun to take. "The Catcher In The Rye," is a book that is hard to put down. It makes one think about the story on a symbolic level. It reminds us all of our own loss of innocence and journey out of childhood and into adulthood. The story takes a teenage boy through his own feelings of such issues as love, loss, sex, grief, depression, affection, and need for attention.
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Summary: The best book i've ever read
Review: "The Catcher in the Rye," is one of the books in my life that I had actually taken the time to read and enjoy. I first heard about the book from a friend, and he told me it was one of the most enjoyable books he had ever read. I was shocked to hear this, because my friend is one of those kids that only reads a book if he has to, and he usually doesn't enjoy anything he reads. So, I took his advice and read "The Catcher in the Rye" and to my surprise, I wasn't able to put the book down. The reasons I couldn't stop reading was that I enjoyed the fact that I was reading about a kid who is roughly my age who has a lot of problems and events going on in his life, just like any other teenager.
Holden, who is the main character in the story, is one of the reasons why I liked the book. Holden is someone who I would say to be a semi-normal teenager. He is normal in the fact that he isn't sure about the world, and he always wants to experience what others are experiencing. He constantly feels the need to be sexually involved with a woman, and goes to such extent as to flirt and dance with women that are 3 times as old as he is. Holden's character is very entertaining, because he is so rebellious. One way he is rebellious is the fact that he has failed out of three schools, and when the story begins, he has just failed out of his fourth. He entertained me because, he is always mad about something. He likes a girl named Jane Gallagher, who he has dated in the past, but his roommate Stradlater is dating her now. This angers Holden, because Stradlater is constantly teasing Holden about what he does with Jane. Holden attempts to fight Stradlater, but Stradlater is to strong and the fight ends up with Holden getting a bloody nose, which shows Holden's cocky side.
Even though Holden is going through a tough time in his life, he still has time for his sister Phoebe, who is the one person that makes him happy. Holden's love for Phoebe is another reason why I enjoyed the book. I liked the fact that being a big brother to his sister was important to him, it helped show Holden's softer side. When he got kicked out of school, his sister Phoebe was the only family member that he personally told. He never even told his parents that he was kicked out of school. That proved to me that Phoebe was very important in Holden's life, and that he was most comfortable around her.
Overall, I would have to say that "The Catcher in the Rye" is a great book. I was glued to the book the whole way through. The only aspect of the book that I didn't completely enjoy was the ending. When the book is concluded, it leaves the reader without a conclusion of Holden's story. Instead, it allows the reader to decide and predict what will happen to Holden as he journeys to his new school and how the rest of his life turns out. "The Catcher in the Rye" is a very easy book to read and will be able to keep your attention throughout the whole story.
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Summary: The Best.
Review: >I may be missing something. Yes. You are. I'm sick of books trying to portrary a teenager's life as a beautiful. Because it is not. It is hell and as depressing as wanting to be a deaf-mute in the forest. There is no big moral or life lesson I can see in even life itself. Thank you J.D. Salinger for all the ones who still can't appreciate works like this. If it wasn't for them, there would be no books like this.
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Summary: Growing Up
Review: " Catcher in the Rye " is about Holden Caulfield and Anti-heroic teenage American boy suffering from the symptoms of a mental breakdown. He is lost ,outside the boundaries of Childhood and Adulthood ;not a child and not an adult he chooses to break free into his own world. A world in which he can escape reality and responsibility.Holden is not a victim of society but a victim of himself. Lost in the midst of life ,he find that the only way of escape, is to avoid school (which represents society) and his parents. He lacks confidence,uncertainties of life bring him down
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Summary: It's so good i read it at night
Review: " Catcher in the Rye" is simply...brilliant. Holden is extremely funny when he calls everyone phony and a prince. The Ackley guy also adds humour to the story but there is also a great deal of sadness in this story. The way Holden phones everyone up and they are not in or don't want to meet him is depressing. I do not agree with some of the comments on this book, such as this is a book for rapists or killers. If I wasn't misinformed the guy who killed John Lennon read this book just before commiting that terrible crime. But that guy was CRAZY he could've picked some other book, even if Holden did mention killing. Every person on Earth should read this book and believe it can never be over rated.
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Summary: An All Time Classic!
Review: " The Catcher in the Rye' wasn't a book that I had the chance to read in high school. Recently, my wife recommened the book to me. She said it would be something I would really enjoy. She was right. I couldn't put the book down. It is one of the best novels I've read in a long time. Salinger's masterpiece follows the misadventures of 16 year old Holden Caulfield. The book follows Holden on a three day journey through New York. He shares his cynical and often negitive views on life,family and "so-called" friends. He finds faults in almost everyone he talks about.If they aren't Phony they are boring. At one point, you realize that he's just as phony as everyone else.There are points where you feel for Holden and other times you hate him. The brilliance of the book is not the plot. obviously there hardly is one. But it doesn't matter. What makes this book work is it's study of the human condition. Salinger has really hit the nail on the head with this timeless classic.
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Summary: Coming of age
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" is a coming of age novel, though not in the usual mold. It is a brilliant and in-depth study of a young man -- Holden Caulfield -- who has just been booted out of his private school. Written in the 1950's, it still rings true today. Holden finds phonies and liars in all the adults and all the characters he runs into. He has an astute gauge of character, and has a way of finding the emptiness in the money-chasing, status-seeking Manhattanites he runs into. "The Catcher in the Rye" refers to Holden's dream in which he tries to save children from falling into adulthood; he's the catcher who's trying to stop kids from becoming jaded and phony adults. A five-star book. A similar book one might read is the newer novel by one Asher Brauner, "Love Songs of the Tone-Deaf." It is a brilliant book set in Santa Cruz, California and shows how a jaded, uninvolved young man becomes passionately involved with both a woman and a political cause. Do read "Catcher in the Rye" if you want to realign your priorities and reinvigorate your sense of joie-de-vivre.
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Summary: hated it
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" is considered THE book for teenagers. Well I'm a teenager, I read it, and I hated it. It was a boring, pointless narrative of some whiny rich boy complaining about everything he beholds. Maybe I'm missing something, since most teenagers love it, but frankly I don't understand the hype.
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Summary: Banned books
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" is one of a handful of books that have, at one time or another, been banned by many public and school libraries. The list might amaze you: James Joyce's "Ulysses," McCrae's "Bark of the Dogwood," and Twain's "Huck Finn" are just a few other examples. "Catcher" should be read for this reason alone. But aside from that, it's a stellar book, perfectly capturing wit, dialogue, teenage angst, and a period in American life before everything REALLY fell apart. But lest you think it's a meer time capsule, think again, for "Catcher" is and will always be, a classic.
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Summary: descriptive as hell....
Review: "Catcher in the rye" is one of my favorite books. One of the reasons is because it is "descriptive as hell" (If you read it you would understand the meaning of my title..) If you are one of those psychos like me..Holden makes you feel like your not alone..And that there are other people in the world just as "unique" as you...
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