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Summary: Excellent Novel
Review: Catcher in the Rye is the story of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old boy in a very depressed and unhappy state of mind. The story is of his removal from prep school and his return back home to New York City.The book is set in modern day New York City (actually the 1950s, it is written so well it is unnoticeable). Holden spends most of time telling bits and pieces of what he thinks of people, and why he dislikes things so much. Holden himself experiences a lot in a few days, everything from beating attacked by a pimp to drinking and dancing a bar to making an old girlfriend cry. Holden goes through the story mostly alone, simply because every time he visits or meets with someone, he either finds fault in them or they find fault in him, and he leaves. Holden's observations seem to show that he gets increasingly depressed as the story goes on. The story captures a period in everyone's life (usually mid or late adolescence) where everyone and everything seems depressing or without joy. The reason that so many people identify with the story is perhaps because of the depression. Depression, a state of mind that most people seem to feel at some point in their life, is universal. As many other reviewers agree, it is in identifying Holden, as the narrator, states what we feel during that time, almost perfectly. Holden scrutinizes things we normally don't, primarily the way people act toward other people, whilst ignoring the way he acts. His observations range from seeing profanities scribbled on a wall and getting upset to watching a man in a hotel room put on women's clothes. The overall theme of the book I would say is "discomfort." Holden is rarely comfortable. When he even approaches the chance of being comfortable, something always keeps him from getting there. Along the way, the book also deals with alienation and fakeness, and loneliness and deception. Overall, the book is a reminder to me that everything falls apart.
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Summary: a life of our own
Review: Catcher in the Rye is the type of book that few people will understand. You will either love it or hate it, and it all depends on your state of mind. If you can identify with a character who feels out of place from society, who doesn't really have plans for the future, and who sometimes finds himself to be his own best friend, you will love this book. If you can't set your mind to think this way, you will either hate it, or respect the author's point of view, but not connect with it. Holden is more than a prep school drop-out, Holden is a generation. A generation that looks at society and says, "Why can't it be different? Why do I have to follow these rules, or standards?" Holden is ultimately a character who strives to gain a life much more simple than his own, a life that is much more of his liking, a life that many of us wish to have.
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Summary: Truly a down to earth book...
Review: Catcher in the Rye is truly a great book. If you ask me to describe this book. The first word to come in mind is, "hilarious". Holden Caufield has remarks that are extremely funny but yet quite true. He's a person that you'd want to meet and have a cup of tea with. This story is about a young man named Holden Caufield, who doesn't know which trail to take in life. He's very undecided in life which leads him throughout many timeless adventures. A compulsive liar he is, which makes the story even more interesting. There were moments in the story which were extremely heart warming, especially his relationship with his younger sister. It's hard to put into words about this wonderful book. You just have to read it for yourself to see!
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Summary: Catcher in the rye is about adolescence
Review: Catcher in the rye is, on one level, a story about a young, dissatified American youth, but on a higher level, it is an assasination of culture and society, and the people within. He takes people, and figuratively speaking, shoots them. He shoots them down by showing them the side they don't like to see. The book could have started out with "I don't like your kind. And this is why:" It is honestly written, and captures the energy of a young boy bringing coming to terms with his surroundings. Perhaps one of its greatest contributions is its "catching the state" of adolescence, particularly American adolescence, which by nature, is rebellious against all forms of establishment. But most importantly, it works beyond adolescence, as the essence of the work persuades us to critically examine "the phonies" of OUR society
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Summary: a decent book to buy
Review: Catcher in the rye was a book about a boy from a private school. THis book was interesting to me because i go to a private school in new england. The style of the book is different from others because the context of the conversations and dialogue are extremely conversational. The book was written to be a more conversational, easygoing narrated book. The main charachter, goes through troubles to make sure that he is pleased. He does what he has to do in his dorm and else where. This book had a very good message but The lack of plot was what brought me to rate this book the way i did.
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Summary: it was incredible
Review: Catcher in the Rye was a book for teenagers to adult. I loved the part when his friend lets one in church!
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Summary: It was a great book for all generations to read.
Review: Catcher in the Rye was a book that all generations could read. It was a book that you really could relate too. It showed a deeper meaning in life, when life is not always "perfect".
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Summary: An exellent portrayal of teenage life, relevant to all times
Review: Catcher in the rye was a precise story of a teens struggle to understand life and the adult world. Not only witty and amusing, but also concerned itself with deep issues. Holdens "Search for the truth" almost ends up back where he started. A beatiful twist at the end but I won't ruin that for you all!
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Summary: Dont get the wrong idea about it
Review: Catcher in the Rye was about Holden Caufield, as everyone else has stated, an adolescence, but he is scared of life, because it doesn't make any sense. Why should he put out so much when so little is returned. He deals with alot of things that are dealt with today, and the fact is we all go through these things. We just got to see how he handled it.
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Summary: A Book Review By Shannon M.
Review: Catcher in the Rye was an astonishing book. I really enjoyed reading the book by J.D. Salinger. When I first started the book, I quickly became attached to the character and the thoughts he had expressed. For example, I felt like I related to Holden in numerous ways. The technique that J.D. Salinger articulated with Holden, his character seemed so real in my mind. I felt that Salinger described the emotions, actions and thoughts of Holden so well that it gave me the impression that he had gone into the minds of teenagers and described almost precisely how they felt as well as the problems that many had.
I personally don't read novels on my own free will, but I could frankly say I enjoyed reading every chapter of this book. It was unpredicted towards the end. However, the last few chapters of the book started to get dreary. I anticipated something more exciting to happen such as someone getting injured or a twist in attitude. Conversely, I really enjoyed how the book ended and the emotion that Holden had experienced during his expedition through the city.
The descriptions that the author described was easily traced in my mind. With no trouble, I was able to imagine Holden and other characters by the way Salinger had described them. I depicted Holden as a tall and lean male with short brown hair, who could effortlessly pass older than his age. I also pictured Holden with his bright red hunting hat on, walking down city streets shivering. Also, through out the rest of the story, I thought that Holden complained much about things. In some ways, I could understand his point-of-view on things and the impressions he got from people. I assumed he complained about things because perhaps he wanted to get his point across to make the reader understand him a little bit better. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I thought it had an astonishing plot and storyline to it!
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