Some teens believe that Holden stills has a grasp on today’s generation. Some may disagree because the language that Holden uses back then versus the language that is used today may confuse many students. The weird language may stun many of today’s teens, making teens not like this very much.
An example of teens today not liking Catcher in the Rye is “His glib irreverence doesn’t impress them.” (Text 4, line 9-10). This quote shows that the problems that Holden had to deal with back in the 1950’s has strongly outdated to today’s generation. The teens today feel like Holden is just a complainer and that the book should not be mandatory to read in school anymore. …show more content…
Others say Holden is a whiner.” (Text 5, lines 3-4). This quote shows that the teens do not really appreciate Holden as well, they say that his story is complete garbage. That he is talking complete nonsense and should just be