Catcher in the Rye is a classic book published in 1951.The author is J. D. Salinger who is a wonderful writer who had died back in 2010 at the ripe age of 91 years old. The book got mixed reviews mostly because of its “vulgar language” because it dared to drop the “F bomb”. It ventures into the mind of Holden Caulfield who had recently gone through a death in the family. This book hits all the major points that some of the other books were afraid to dwell on. Some of these points are depression, anxiety problems, prostitution and many more. I honestly believe that this book opened the floodgate to so that future books can be inspired and can talk about the more “forbidden” subjects. Despite this it sold close to a quarter million copies over
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He has two “friends” named Ackley and Stradlater. Both of these people are complete opposites with Ackley being the nerd and Stradlater being the “cool jock” which is evident by Stradlater going on a date with Jane Gallagher which happens to be his childhood crush. However he is failing a lot of his classes so he is expelled from the school. He decides to go home early and not tell anybody he has arrived though. He tries to set up a date but hangs up whenever she can’t do it that night. Later that night he finds Maurice the pimp and he sends a prostitute his way but he is way too innocent for a prostitute and they don’t have sex and they even go as far as to rob him of ten dollars.Then he tries to set a date with another girl named Sally and while he waits for her he tries to find his little sister Phoebe at the Museum and he finds it peaceful there because the statues can’t move and time has stood still for them. Then he goes on his date and she isn’t a very good date and the play annoyed Holden. Then he tries to convince Sally to run away with him and live in some kind of cabin. Then he sneaks into his own house and he gets caught by his own sister. Feeling guilty, he confesses to getting kicked out of another school. Then he calls his old teacher so he can have a bed to sleep on but in the middle of the night his teacher is touching his head creepily so he leaves quickly. He writes to his sister and tells her that he is leaving and never coming back and she demands to come with him. He feels like he is responsible for her and decides to go back home. At the end he states that he is going to attempt to go to another school in the spring. Eberhard Alsen wrote an exquisite critical analysis paper over the classic book Catcher in the Rye. His first observation that he made a connection between Catcher in the Rye’s story line and another classic book The
He has two “friends” named Ackley and Stradlater. Both of these people are complete opposites with Ackley being the nerd and Stradlater being the “cool jock” which is evident by Stradlater going on a date with Jane Gallagher which happens to be his childhood crush. However he is failing a lot of his classes so he is expelled from the school. He decides to go home early and not tell anybody he has arrived though. He tries to set up a date but hangs up whenever she can’t do it that night. Later that night he finds Maurice the pimp and he sends a prostitute his way but he is way too innocent for a prostitute and they don’t have sex and they even go as far as to rob him of ten dollars.Then he tries to set a date with another girl named Sally and while he waits for her he tries to find his little sister Phoebe at the Museum and he finds it peaceful there because the statues can’t move and time has stood still for them. Then he goes on his date and she isn’t a very good date and the play annoyed Holden. Then he tries to convince Sally to run away with him and live in some kind of cabin. Then he sneaks into his own house and he gets caught by his own sister. Feeling guilty, he confesses to getting kicked out of another school. Then he calls his old teacher so he can have a bed to sleep on but in the middle of the night his teacher is touching his head creepily so he leaves quickly. He writes to his sister and tells her that he is leaving and never coming back and she demands to come with him. He feels like he is responsible for her and decides to go back home. At the end he states that he is going to attempt to go to another school in the spring. Eberhard Alsen wrote an exquisite critical analysis paper over the classic book Catcher in the Rye. His first observation that he made a connection between Catcher in the Rye’s story line and another classic book The