Catcher In The Rye Should Not Be Banned Essay

The book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was banned in Washington because of the use of profanity, drugs, sex, and suicide. The book is about a teen that got kick out of a school that he attended. He goes to New York and checks out a hotel room to stay in because he didn’t want his parents to know that he got kicked out of Pencey. The book includes Holden using profanity and him wanting to commit suicide because of all the things that were going around him. The Catcher in the Rye should not be banned because students that are going through depression and that uses drugs can learn from Holden and relate to the book. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger should not be banned because it might relate to some students and they will get …show more content…
Teens in today’s society use drugs like alcohol and cigarettes, Holden is also a drug user he drinks and smokes. Holden is a smoker and he is addicted to it and he smokes a lot, and after he got kicked out of Pencey Prep. he started smoking more because of stress. As Holden states “I sat up in bed and smoked another cigarette. It tasted lousy. I must've smoked around two packs since I left Pencey” (Salinger). This shows that Holden gets stressed a lot, also because of his depression he will start smoking more because of all the things that have happened to him. Holden goes to a bar and tries to buy a alcoholic beverage but fails because of his looks and age. As Holden says “I ordered a Scotch and soda, and told him not to mix it--I said it fast as hell, because if you hem and haw, they think you're under twenty-one and won't sell you any intoxicating liquor” (Salinger). The Catcher in the Rye shouldn’t be banned because the book shows the reality of a teenager that tries to buy a alcoholic beverage but fails cause he cannot verify his age to the waitress. Holden tries to get away with his reality by getting drunk and not knowing anything. The book shouldn’t be banned because the book shows the what teens do to get away from real life.
The book The Catcher in the Rye should not be banned because it will show students what they will experience or people around them will experience. The book will help the students to teach them if they are depressed and if people around them are depressed they will know what to do and try to help them out. The Catcher in the Rye should not be banned just because of the profanity, sex, suicide, and drugs that is presented within the