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Summary: great plot, awesome subject, very creative, shocking ending
Review: I read the book "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. It takes place in the 1950's. This story is about a 16 year old boy named Holden Caulfield, a boy in a mental hospital undergoing treatment. He tells the story from here about what happened in his life from the end of the fall school term to Christmas. Holden is a kid who is at his fourth school, Pencey, because he failed out of the other three, he just found out he is failing four of his five classes. After getting aggravated with some of his teachers and an argument with his roommates, he decides to head back to Manhattan early. When he gets there, he stays at a hotel and goes all over the city to have fun. He hangs out with some old friends and girlfriends. One girl, he gets mad at for not running away with him. He gets drunk with a bunch of kids and gets Luce upset because Holden was making fun of him. After getting everyone mad at him he heads to his sisters house where he finds out some shocking news about what he wanted to do with his life. He wanted to catch little children from falling off a cliff. He got this idea from a poem by Robert Burn's. He thinks it says "if a body catch a body, coming through the rye." But his sister reveals some news that changes everything. I thought this book was great. I could relate to Holden because he was a teenager. He did drugs and was pissed at everyone. He wasn't happy with school or how life was going. Many teens can relate to some of this, especially going through changes from an adolescent to an adult. Holden learns a very important lesson involving this in the end of the story. Overall, this book was great and I would encourage anyone to read it, especially teens.
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Summary: The Catcher in the Rye - the story of a depressed boy
Review: I read the book "The Catcher in the Rye" in school with my English classc. It is not so hard to read, not even for young people, since Holden uses a very slangy type of language and you get through it fast. I think it is fairly interesting to read, because you learn a lot about how adolescents think, although it is not possible to say that all adolescents think like Holden, because he shows some qualities which are not usual for every teenager.
I think J. D. Salinger tried to write a book which is easy and well for young people to read, that is the reason for him to write about teenager problems,but Holden is a very depressed person. There are a lot of aspects about life which he just takes too serious. Some of the things he thinks about are actually significant for all teenagers, but a lot of them are a little bit exaggerated.
Further I think the book does not have a real plot. It is just the story of a teenager, who has to cope with problems, which he produces himself. There are just a few aspects, with which I can identify. Maybe J.D. Salinger just wanted to show, what may happen if adolescents feel alone.
If you are interested in what a depressed adolescent's life looks like, I can recommend the book, but if you do not want to get closer to teenager problems, this is not the right book for you.
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Summary: An ode to the truth
Review: I read the book a couple of years ago and have re-read many time since then and reading all the reviews posted to this site has prompted me to comment on the fact that many of the people who rate it highly do so for the wrong reasons and those are either conformity or superficiality. While the novel concerns itself with the world of phonies and fakes this is simply a device used by the author to reveal Holden's slow descension into the abyss that is 'The catcher in the Rye'. The book is really about the loss of youth and innocence. Holden desires to catch those falling off the cliff into a corrupt world. It is a poignant dissection of a society that dictates peoples action and response and allows no room to just be. Those who love it for its apparent 'humour' and cynical desriptives are entitled to do so but I think that readers need to awaken to the fact that there is something more profound here than just a discussion on superficiality. Maybe this is why Salinger no longer associates with the world.
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Summary: Get a life!
Review: I read the book and thought it was terrible; there were too many simbles and too much description,there was not enough chericterization, and a poor use of language! You don't have to use "bad words" make your point. BUY THE CLIFFS NOTES, DON'T REED THE BOOK!
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Summary: The Length May Be The Best Thing
Review: I read the book first when I was fourteen and surprise surprise, I identified with it. Now several years older, I don't think exactly like Holden does, but it doesn't prevent me from seeing how sincere and sensitive this character is. Although I admit I was sad when the book was finished (and each time I read it, I experience the same regret) but I still think, as I thought then and as I think of all books that leave me feeling like that, the length of the book may be the best thing about it. Many readers wished it had gone on longer and I know what they mean--Holden's charm is very quick to communicate itself--but Salinger knows his stuff. He gave us enough and not too much--the best things in life are best just tasted, not devoured whole. The Catcher in the Rye (for those who might be interested: I couldn't beat Holden's job title; my own is "Professional Human," you may laugh all you like!) offers a fresh perspective; anyone who has a fresh mind, an open mind, an empathetic mind and a good heart--because hearts aren't underrated in Holden's world, even if they are denied in our self-consciously cynical world--should read this book. It will be an experience of a life time. In Forster's words, Only Connect--this book will show you how.
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Summary: Honest, memorable, poignant, and hauntingly familiar.
Review: I read the book in highschool. My teacher and I had a large difference on what is "acceptable" ;iterature. Her views seemed to relegate "acceptable" to the realm of social acceptability. What is an expression dictated by morals? Anyway, as soon as i found this book to be controversial, I HAD to read it. Since then I've read many tmes over. I Love it! It's exactly like confused college life. If your in high school and you've got a "proper" teacher, make sure you pick this title for an in-depth review. She/He might discover how much artistic, creative, and literative talent we "improper" people have.
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Summary: hold on holden
Review: I read the book The Catcher in the Rye a few months ago for extra credit at school. It is an extraordinary book and I'd recommend it to anyone. Another good book that is similar but a little more modern would be "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by stephen chbosky. If you liked the Catcher in the Rye you will most likely like this book.
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Summary: Deserves all the praise it gets. It really does.
Review: I read The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago in high school, and since then, I have recommended it to a number of people. Most of them have hated it. This is one of those books that you either love or hate, and I can't always pin what type of person is going to hate it or love it. Nevertheless, I am definitely one of the people who really connects with Holden, and I have returned to this novel over and over. I really connect with Holden in this novel because basically, it is about the problem of pain, and everyone has dealt with that biggy before. I really think Holden's struggle in the novel is an authentic one, and it strikes me like my own. Holden is devastated by the loss of his brother Allie. He loved him and the world took him away, and now Holden does not know how to act in such a world. He doesn't know how to be intimate with anyone anymore. He doesn't understand how other adults cope, and he thinks they are phony. Of course, many of them are phonies, and Holden himself has resorted to being one in an attempt to divert himself from the painful realities of living. He would rather project his false self than let his real one be hurt, but Holden, unlike many of those around him, is at least on the way to not being authentic. I think all of his actions throughout the novel center around his struggle with pain. He is either trying to divert himself (with Sunny and Sally) or he is trying to fight through it (with Phoebe and possibly, Jane). And near the end, I think he is finally beginning to make a breakthrough, when he is able to care for Phoebe and resolve to stay near her despite the fact that she is a person who he cannot control and who may hurt him. He seems to find some redemption from Phoebe's love. I really find The Catcher in the Rye to be one of the great books I've read. I think there are so many things you can take away from it, and I feel that Holden's struggles are so real and so relavent to (at least my) life. The novels one of the true classics of the last century, and I can't really see its popularity diminishing for a while.
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Summary: Easy book with a lot of meaning behind it
Review: I read the Catcher in the rye a while ago and I thought that it was an extremely inspiring book to read. It is easy to read and very meaningful and changed my way of thinking about life and people in general.
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Summary: This is simpley the greatest novel I have ever picked up.
Review: I read the Catcher In The Rye for the first time when I was 15 years old. At the time I was too young to completely apreciate the quality of the story. When I looked at the story again when I was 17 I was amazed at how much sense Holden Caufield made. Holden may be the most realistic character ever created. Granted he is not entirly believable, but most 18 year olds are not. This is the kind of book that you can read in two days it's so good. The finnest work I have ever read in my young life!
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