Catcher In The Rye Movie Vs Book

Notably, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was a banned book, just as The Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was. One man, named Richard Swier , even deemed Speak to be “child pornography. ” Although it contains one scene where Melinda is raped, it is not graphic or cause gratification in reading. Speak is a cautionary tale about the emotional aftermath of rape. It tackles bullying, depression, sexual harassment, and family dysfunction. It teaches children, teenagers, and people of all ages to speak up when terrible events transpire, even when it is strenuous. The Catcher in the Rye, similarly was prohibited because, as one library deduced , that it was allegedly full of “excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, …show more content…
Indeed, one out of two teens state they have struggled with mental illness at some point. In Catcher, Holden had lost his younger brother to Leukemia, his brother that never reached adulthood and only partook in childhood bliss. Holden upholds this image in his mind that children are innocent and childhood is the best part in life, particularly because Holden himself was still a child when he had his brother and no responsibilities. Now as Holden gets older he spurns everyone and inequitably criticizes people, labeling them as “phonies.” In Holden’s view the perfect job would be, he states, “What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. . .That’s all I do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” He wants to keep all the children-children. He never wants to grow up and face the hard grown-up world, and he does not want them to either. In a way, Holden is jealous that his brother never has to grow up, while he still does. These negative thoughts and feelings lead Holden to suffer from severe depression and anxiety. So much that Holden even gets readmitted into a mental institution, where Holden tells his story. Similarly in Speak, Melinda suffers from depression and anxiety. Melinda keeps this weighty secret to herself for months because she is frightened and ashamed she was raped. Melinda is shunned in her school and so spends her time locked in a janitors closet to hide from everyone. She increasingly feels the need to sleep, her visions of the world, herself, and of her friends is shattered, and she trusts no one anymore. Melinda, even voices, “I get out of my bed and take down the mirror. I put it back in my closet, facing the wall.” This is pronouncing