Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: From a kid that sat throught the class.
Review: This is what society calls good? Ive spent weeks on end by my self in situations like this and let me tell you as an adolcent teen it doenst work like that. The book over analyzes things. Like the over emphais on sex, smoking and drinking. While both are a mjor part of a teens life they do not entirely consume it. And prostition? Come on, would an 16 year old really resort to a hooker? All in all the writing was good becuase as you can probably tell i have no respect for proper english. The swearing was tried and poor, It was like a five year old trying to impress his brothers older friends. After reading the whole book im left with questions, not about what happend, but what would compell a person to write a story in this style.

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Summary: Holden, you're my hero
Review: This is, hands down, the best book I've ever read, and I'm a bookworm. I've heard people say it's dated, the writing's terrible, well listen. It's dated to us because he's writing from the point of view of an adolescent boy in the 1950's, so of course nowadays we don't understand some of their slang. The writing is as if he was talking to you, and it's such a personal story. It's so touching, and speaks to you in such a way that after it's over, you wish it could go on forever and just not end. If you haven't read it all ready, go! Buy it! You certainly won't regret it.

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Summary: I wish I could give this book a million stars!
Review: This is, quite simply, the best book I have ever read. I cannot begin to describe what I was feeling while I read this book. It was absolutley mesmerising, captivating, and just plain wonderful. There has been much contraversy surrounding this book due to it's language and so forth. I thought that Holden's tendency to drink and swear actually added to the book. It showed his lack of self-esteem and how depressed he really was. I hope everyone who reads Catcher in the Rye will love it as much as I did.

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Summary: Garbage
Review: This isn't going to be an incredibly usefull review because I dislike this book so much. Its a worthless book that needs to be dropped from the list of classic books and forgotten. Don't waste your time.

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Summary: It's like a light house...
Review: This masterpiece was like a light house to my lost soul floating on the dark sea last winter.. I belived that I had had a right choice for me but suddnely lost in what I really wanted in my life..in the middle of it, then this classic gave me an insiration to hang on to this wandering..'cause like is like a floating ship on the sea..sometimes sea is generaous or cruel..and sometimes you can handle it or go to the edge..

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Summary: A PUERILE ATTEMPT AT EXPLAINING ADOLESCENTS
Review: This must be one of the worst books I have read since Nancy Drew mysteries. The book is meandering and meaningless. The reader has no sympathy for a spoilt, arrogant little twerp. Holden spends his high scool years being thrown out of every institution he enters. He hates everybody from teachers to his parents, schoolfriends and girls.He is capable of erratic behaviour, drinking binges and spends money as if it was water. He comes from a wealthy privileged background but hates that fact. He is at war with a world which he thinks has betrayed him - everybody is a "phony" (a word which the author uses so often that it loses its meaning). Holden is absorbed in self-pity. The reader is compelled to take an unsympathetic stance to the whining main character (also the narrator). Net result-a big "thumbs down" for this one!

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Summary: My favorite book of all time
Review: This novel has so many great qualities. I don't know what it is but whenever I think Holden, I think of it as a reflection of myself. Obviously everyones favorite part of the novel is the middle, Holdens sexual exploration. the thing is though, that he's still a virgion by the time the book ends, it is his way of catching kids from falling out of the field of Rye, where Holden would dream of suddenly becomming Peter Pan and taking kids with him to neverland where you never had to grow up, which is that night of his exploration in New York he passes up several sexual oppertunitees.
The novel was about ten to fifteen years ahead of it's time with Holden noticing societies flaws and urban decay, in which the film "Taxi Driver" comes into mind. But that's another story. Several essays have been written on "The Catcher in the Rye," and if you want to check them out then I suggest you look for "Readings on 'That Catcher in the Rye'" have fun!

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Summary: Still a great read!
Review: This novel has truly withstood the test of time. Holden Caulfield remains my favorite book character ever. What young man hasn't suffered the teenage angst he has? A true classic.
For fun and laughs, though, you may want to read "No One's Even Bleeding".

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Summary: Catcher in the Rye shows one man can survive by themselves
Review: This novel shows that one person can survive the hardships that the earth can give you on their own. It has a uniques way of doing this. It shows it by telling the story od Holden as he travles from one school to another. Another idea that the author, J. D. Salinger, wants you to get out of this novel is the innocence of kids. They have their innocence for only a little of their life, and Salinger wants them to hold on to it as long as they can. He shows this by the way he feels when he sees the F word in the school, and when he diescribes his dream. These factors come into play all throughout this great and exciting novel.

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Summary: A timeless book for all generations.
Review: This novel spoke directly to my heart and gave me insight on my life as it is now. I related to Holden on a very personal level, like that of a best friend or brother. It is reconmended to anyone pursueing a leap into the adult world or those adults trying to recapture their long lost innocence.