Reviw of the Catcher in the Rye
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Review of The Catcher In The Rye
J.D Salinger has written a perfect book about rebellious, teenagers and individuality. It is definitely an eye opening for teenagers to relate to this compelling book. The book is definitely contains with a gallon of crucial reality about being a teenager poured in along with some humor and moments of depression. The book was written in 1951 and despite it being quite an old book; many teenagers would be able to relate to the characters that are present in the book. The book is a modern classic story that grabs the teenagers attention to read a classis book. I have to say that the book didnt interest me at first because of the unattractive cover and the title that I didnt quit understand. But as I read through the book, I started to finally relate myself to the character.
Standing on the hill overlooking the football field, Holden is bidding farewell to Pencey Prep and its students. He just flunked five subjects and just returned from New York City. When Holden introduced himself, he said that hes not going to tell us his whole biography. He wanted to let us understand that this book is a new type of novel. This novel would be much more different than the Great Gatsby or Charles Dickens novels. Though hes the narrator, he is definitely not the protagonist or the antagonist. He is not the character that makes you wish that you want to grow up like him. He is the type of guy that you just want to fight with him because of your compassion for his losses. We really felt a loss when he described the day Allie died or the morbid scenes of falling into a deep dark hole. The character Holden is very amusing because he always uses this sarcastic tone that makes you want to giggle and laugh. When Holden visits Mr. Spencer, his history teacher, he described Mr. Spencers condition in a very amusing way. He described the old guy like hes this eighty year old dude who is ready to die. He also criticizes his own essay in a very amusing way. Holden also has a heart and common sense. He invited a prostitute over, but did not have sex with her because he knew that was not within his moral ground. That symbolizes his hatred of everybody and the first step in his morbid condition. He would also attempt suicide because he is so devastated by Allies death. Ordinary People and Catcher in the Rye are two different stories, but they part of the same puzzle. Catcher in the Rye explained Holdens internal emotions, while Ordinary People focused on Conrads family problems for him. Ordinary People build and strengthens the ideas of psychiatric problems for a troubled teen in Catcher in the Rye.
The book is about a 17-year-old Holden Caulfield who is a dark and absolutely intriguing character. The book begins with Holden directly addressing the reader, and he begins to retell the events over a three day period from last December.