Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: This book is one of the best drama books I've read.
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" is one of the best dramatic books there is. It's about a boy named Holden Caufield and personal troubles. He is very disturbed and decides to drop out of school without telling his parents and go on his own. Holden goes through a lot of particular situations that are very surprising for the help contribute to what he does with his life in the end. This book will keep you very interested and might make you even think about your life. You'll just have to read it yourself to understand my opinion.

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Summary: A hard act to follow
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" portrayed the suffering and alienation of an otherwise privileged, middle-class young man long before such a theme became fashionable. So much of today's writing with comparable themes seems like a tepid imitation of the original.

Holden Caulfield is an utterly convincing character who is not reaching out from the pages and trying to grab our sympathy. Salinger should be commended for not endowing Caulfield with bathos and excessive sadness. Instead, he presents Caulfield's state of mind in a simple, lucid narrative. As a result, this novel is very effective in examining timeless questions about the nature of happiness and the conflict between the individual and society. There is also a compelling honesty in Salinger's writing that makes Caulfield so believable that I frequently forget he is a fictional character.

This book should be read by young people and adults alike. It should also be read by aspiring writers attempting to market their own tales of woe.

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Summary: In the Top Three.
Review: "Catcher in the Rye", along with "Catch 22" and "Ham on Rye", is one of my top three favourite books of all time. (Funny how the title "Catcher in the Rye" includes a word from each of the other titles: "Rye" and "Catch", ha!) The story of Haulden Caulfield is too wonderful to miss out on.

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Summary: Cally's review
Review: "I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff- I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." This is a quote made by Holden Caulfield, the narrator of The Catcher in the Rye. He was explaining to his little sister, Phoebe, how he wants to protect children from being corrupted by adulthood.
Anyone who read this book would agree with me when I say that Holden Caulfield is a very unique individual. He uses the word 'phony' to describe just about everyone around him. Although I found him to be quite odd, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. It was, at times, comical, and exhibits the thinking process of this sixteen year old boy very clearly. He explains the method to his madness, and how much he dislikes all that is not genuine in this world. I felt like I knew Holden personally by the end of his story. He gave such an intimate description of his life from the time he got kicked out of Pency to his return home.
The way that the book was written exactly how he would have spoken, made it easy for me to read. I felt like I was having a conversation with Holden. The characters described in the novel were very realistic. I could just picture his family, teachers, the boys in his dorm, and all of the people he came in contact with while he was in New York.
The Catcher in the Rye is an excellent book. I would recommend it to teenagers; boys and girls. I think that especially that age group would find this book very amusing, and it will really make you think about the people around you

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Summary: A Piece Of A Letter
Review: "If you find this letter, you have found your rose in a vase-which looks more like a milk bottle than a vase. On the coffee table, you will also find a copy of The Catcher in the Rye. Read the first chapter, if you can. It's short. Entertaining. I saw no style in this book, once...but now that I'm wiser, I feel comfortable with it, as if I'm reading a casual letter or wearing that old, familiar, weather-beaten jacket; it becomes the comfort of skin. The kind of book with unimaginable wealth, for it stays with you, creeps underneath your skin and into that simple heart which just wants to relive undying memories-when life was simple again." A simple life. There's your plot, lady!

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Summary: Personally I give "The Catcher in the Rye" a 3
Review: "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Personally I give the book, a 3. The book was not at all a good read. I started the book having high hopes for it. Maybe they were too high. I expected a lot since it has been banned from libraries. I know that there were a lot of cuss words in it, but that just relates to how a teenager would react in that kind of situation. But I think the author did a poor job of showing what it is like for a teenager to think the world should give him everything he wants. I think the only reason this book became so acclaimed was because the way iit was written and the time it came out. The book would not be rated as well if it were to come out today, than when it did in the mid 1900's. I am sure many people disagree with me about what this book had to offer, but I think that if they guy who wrote this was an author it should have been written a little bit better. For God's sake I hope he didn't write to many mre book like that. I don't think society could handle it. I would have recomended he take some writing classes.

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Summary: A Classic
Review: "The Catcher in the Rye" does a heck of a lot more than portray adolescant agnst. Holden Caulfield is not just a rebellious teenager, rather he is almost the embodiment of a poet's soul. The reason I say this is because he is not rebelling against society, rather he is unable to conform to it. He is unable to conform to his lawyer father, and his preppy school, because he sees beyond them into his fantasy of catching children in a field of rye. As he tells his sister Phoebe in the scene back at his apartment, "that is the only thing" he can ever do.
If you want to learn about adolescant agnst then watch MTV all day, but if you want to learn about human nature then read, "The Catcher in the Rye."

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Summary: The Review
Review: "The Catcher in the Rye" is a journey through the mind of a teenage boy written by J.D. Salinger, one of the most interesting American writers of today. Salinger has shocked readers by exposing the naked emotions of a young man. Salinger's story brings us to the city of New York where the main character, Holden Caulfield, searches him to find truth in life. Salinger attempts to expose the "phonies" of the world and touch confused adolescents. This novel should be regarded as a handbook for all young people who feel they are all alone in their confusion in the world. Readers will either love "Catcher in the Rye" or hate it completely. The young man, Holden, attends prep school to prep school in search of something. He is forever getting kicked out for poor grades that he is all too smart for but, Holden seems to be side tracked with the "phonies" all around him. Holden even tries to help the "phonies," tries to save them from their fake world. When he gets kicked out of his most recent school he begins to miss the familiar "phonies" in the big city of New York. In New York, Holden discovers himself through the people he meets during his short visit. The author wants his readers to sense Holden's fear and anger. In one of the few interviews he has granted he said "His own childhood was much like that of the boy, Holden Caulfield, in this novel." Holden's adventure in New York in a symbol of independence. The boy chooses to face the real world, instead of trying to escape it. At one point, Holden says to his sister, " I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all...and I'm standing by on the edge of some crazing cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff." This passage reveals what the title means. The main character is insightful, full of raw emotions, and truth. Teachers across the country have called this novel filth and unfit for school literature. Jack Gordon, Miami school board member, said of the novel " anyone that calls it 'obscene' has misread it. The book takes you from bars to prostitutes to Holden's dear little sister. Although there is alcohol and other illegal things, the message is not vulgar. It teaches us to fight against the stream of conformity. Holden dreams of escaping the city as he says to himself, " a little cabin somewhere...and live there for the rest of my life...near the woods, but not right in them because I'd want it as sunny as hell all the time."

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Summary: "CATCHER IN THE RYE" is a kind of book that gets you going.
Review: "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE" is basically about a kid name Holden Caulfield who is in high school and is having a hard time passing his classes. Holden is a kind of person who can't concentrate on is priorities and he is confused of what he wants to do in his life. I believe that the main reason he feels this way is because he is not over his brother's death. Holden really loved his brother Allie who died. When Allie died Holden got so depressed and angry that he broke all the windows in the house with his fist. Ever since his brother's death he hasn't been the same. He dropped out of four high schools and he also got in small fights with people who were once his friend. Holden had a hard time growing up and one of the reasons for that is because he is very picky, in the book he talks about how much he hates phony people. Basically Holden has suffered a mental disorder when his brother died. I felt that this was kind of a sad book because Holden seems to be very depressed through out the book. If you like reading books that are serious and kind of emotional then I would recommend you to "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE." On a scale of 1 to 10 for 10 being the greatest I would give it a six because overall I thought that it was an ok book.

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Summary: One of the most honest and important works ever.
Review: "The Catcher In The Rye" is my all-time favorite book. It drew me in immediately, and before long, I fell for Holden Caulfield's cynicism and angst, as well as his vulnerability and hidden tenderness. Salinger perfectly developed the character, exposing and displaying Holden to make the reader feel as though they are snooping on someone's innermost private thoughts. I felt like I could get inside this character- like he reached out to me. I suppose it seems silly to get so involved with a book, but this book is so gutsy, so full of life, that I couldn't help but get involved. Read it and see for yourself.