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Summary: Great but will make you depressed
Review: I decided to try this book because many famous celebrities such as Johnny depp and Winona Ryder happened to mention it was one of their favourites. I have now come to understand why it happens to be so. JD salinger is an eye opener, for anyone who wants to see reality. Everything in the book is basically truth. Reality really does bite. The language and contents are all things that we experience in everyday life. However, warning to those who are going to buy it: I had to stop half way through the book because I was so depressed and I couldn't go on. Of course I did end up finishing the book, but it really can make you feel down. There's heaps of 'phonies' in the book and it makes you feel like dirt. Don't read it if you're on the verge of suicide.
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Summary: Annoying
Review: I despised this book. I found Holden to be arrogant, and one of the most annoying people on the planet. Tthe funny thing is, he's not a person, he's a character, and he truly made me mad. I had to force myself to finish the book because I would become so annoyed with Holden. It's a well written book, but I just could not stand him at all. If you are one to get annoyed very easily then do not read this book. Save yourself from the agony. As far as the story goes, it was okay. Things click with you from here and there... reasons for this, reasons for that. In all, I found nothing spectacular about this book and I wouldn't reccommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Catcher in the Rye
Review: I did not like the book Catcher in The Rye by J. D. Salinger. I thought that the main character Holden Caulfield is very arrogant and opinionated. He knows that he is mentally loose, but he goes on through the story without getting any help. Anyone who has different beliefs than him is a phony. Anytime he is socially insecure about himself he makes a wrong decision, like when he blows the smoke in the nuns face. Holden is especially uneasy about his relation ship with girls. In my opinion all he really needs is to lose the attitude and to listen to someone that can help him.
The part of the novel that I did enjoy was when Holden finally went home to visit phoebe. Holden has a true appreciation to her innocence. This is the final reason on why he stays home and does not go out west. I also liked the fact that the story began and ended in the mental hospital, which helps to explain some of Holden's mental trouble. Holden uses some language that shows his instability and why he has failed out of three schools.
I think that Holden feels that he has to keep up to his fathers' standard as his two brothers did. In my opinion part of the reason for his mental breakdown is due to the death of his brother Allie. He references Allie several times in the novel when he is asked what makes him happy. Again this relates to the loneliness and depressing attitude of the story. Overall in my opinion, I do not recommend reading this book due to the negative character and unnecessary language.
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Summary: Growing up by his experiences
Review: I did not like this book when I first read "The Catcher in the Rye", because I thought that he is telling his domb life after he was expelled. However, it wasn't. This book was about Holden having new experiences in different views as he had. As he stays in New York,he is telling all the bad things about everyone whoever he meets and said everyone are phony and stuff. But at the end of this book, he begin to think how other people will think if he says or think somethings. That was shown when Holden tells Phoebe that he is not going to West anymore. Even though his journey is only 4days long, he grows up a lot. In this book we can know and feel Holden's growth.
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Summary: not as great as I thought it would be
Review: I did not like this book. I am a teenager and I found this book very depressing. It was confusing and he told stories that just got off the subject of being in New York and such. This book is not worth reading.
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Summary: HOLDEN SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION OVER LOSS OF YOUNGER BROTHER
Review: I did not read it in college and have felt as if I were missing something.At first I had a difficult time relating to Holden, since I am now 36 years old. I felt he was childish and immature but something hit a nerve as I continued reading on. He is severly depressed over the lose of his brother and I feel he either wishes it were himself who should've died and/or feels completely out of control because he could not stop his brothers death. He tries to be removed from himself and others and views everyone as phony or a bore, not allowing himself to care or be affected by anyone other than his kid sister. His sister is his saving grace!! I completely related to the character once I removed my adultness and recalled what pain it is to loose a sibling as I lost my brother when I was only 10 years old. I had depression, malnutrition and vision lose due to stress and depression. Of course my parents did not realize what was happening to me at the time. Times were not very "open". The sadness in this book; no one recognized his real issue. During the era this book was written, parents did not understand the long term affects death of a sibling has on their children. All teenagers should read this in high school not college, it would be a great tool for teenagers not feel alone with their pain. Also, any parents with teenagers should read this as well...with a non judgemental mindset.
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Summary: It was a disappointment for me.
Review: I didn't like 'The Catcher in the Rye' a lot. Though there were a few good things I admired. The reason I dislike it, is because I can't compare myself with the 16-year old boy, who is feeling depressed all the time. I feel sorry for him that he has such a lousy life. But it's basically his own fault: he makes a mess of his life the whole time and he doesn't take anything serious. He just spends his parents' money. And I find it really pathetic that his only real friend is his sister! The use of language is always the same:he uses a lot of negative words. And the whole book is about 4days, it is way to detailed. And that gets boring after a while. The only positive thing I can say about it, is that I admire the fact that it was written in 1950 and still a lot of young people can compare themselves with it. So it's not the fact that I hate reading novels, but this one was just a disappointment for me.
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Summary: I liked it.
Review: I didn't like the book at first but once we started going over it and talking about it I thought that it was very interesting and had a lot of hidden meanings that were fun to figure out. Naomi
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Summary: The catcher in the rye
Review: I didn't like The Catcher in the Rye all that much because it confused me at the beginning. Holden Cauefuild, the main character talks about getting kicked out of his high school and staying in a hotel for three days because he can't go home because his parents will be mad. While staying in a hotel in New York, Holden talks about his life experiences with love, girls, drinking, and his brother dying. He talks about how he misses his brother very much. Also he mentions another brother in Hollywood. He often goes back and forth about different situations in his life. He really doesn't stick to one thing. Holden acts as if he as all these problems and no one to talk to. He goes to bars in New York to clear his mind but that doesn't work. He just creates bigger problems for himself. Holden also goes out with one of his friends to try to get his mind off things but instead he gets ill. I understand how he feels, but I didn't like how he cusses. Yeah, that's how we all talk, but the language got annoying after awhile. I would read this book again only if I had to. But if you heard good things about it that interested you, then read it and find out if you like it better than I did.
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Summary: Caulfield not a cynical brat
Review: I didn't read this book in school, and I haven't discussed it with many people. So I was somewhat surprised to read some reviews claiming that the protaganist, Holden Caulfield, is a cynical brat. Although Holden is certainly frustrated with humanity, he is also desperate to love and to help people. I would identify this internal conflict as the major theme of the book, exemplified by the title.
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