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“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth..”
Thus begins J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger’s classic. The Catcher in the Rye remains controversial even today, I can’t imagine the uproar it surely caused in 1951. The novel centers aro ...more
I read this, I think when I was sixteen or seventeen; I had heard about it as a story of a teenager acting like a teenager and was curious as to how literature framed that. I was severely disappointed. I found Holden annoying, I didn't understand any of his anger or why he felt entitled to whine about the things that he did. Up until that point, indeed, up until I was in my early 20's, I hadn't really experienced anger, at least, not in the way that it's portrayed in books and movies. Sure, I ha
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If i could, i think i'd give this 3.5 stars. I certainly didn't hate it, but i don't feel like i quite grasp what people love so much about it.
I probably waited too long to read it. I could see my younger self really loving Holden and the conversations he tries so hard to have with people. My younger self who didn't even have an intimate knowledge of the life he feared so much just yet. I feel for the guy; i understand his frustration with all the phony people, and i was amused by all of his sw ...more
I probably waited too long to read it. I could see my younger self really loving Holden and the conversations he tries so hard to have with people. My younger self who didn't even have an intimate knowledge of the life he feared so much just yet. I feel for the guy; i understand his frustration with all the phony people, and i was amused by all of his sw ...more
Jan 16, 2011
Gayle
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it was ok
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Honestly, does anyone really like this book? I have always thought people say it's their favourite book because they read it at school and haven't read anything else since.
However, I now see that people who have read other books too (including many of my dear friends) actually like it. Tell me, are you lying people? Or is there some merit I have missed?? ...more
However, I now see that people who have read other books too (including many of my dear friends) actually like it. Tell me, are you lying people? Or is there some merit I have missed?? ...more
I had to read this in High School and I hated it. It is one of my least favorite of all the classics.Holden caulfield Got on my nerves. I cant remember Much of the storyline which almost tempt me to Go back and read it again.
Salinger captures the essence of adolescent rebellion and alienation very well, but I couldn't quite figure out what his point was. I wonder if people would still be reading this if it had never been banned.
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It was much different than I thought it was going to be. I can't really say if I liked the story or just the realizations.
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