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Summary: Some thoughts
Review: m 16 and read "catcher" for the first time last week. Although, it's very well written it doesn't seem to have much in the way of a plot (guy gets booted from school, hangs out for 2 days, picks his nose at 3:27 p.m., says "hi" to the doorman at 3:30pm...). Although Salinger seems to feel that adolesence is not a time of "focus" or "plot", he seems to take minimalism a bit far. Although the sentiments and langague used to express them get old fast, I found it reasonably cogent, and stupid emotionally screwed up teens ARE apt to be repetive. (One reason why I try to stay from them.) Overall, it was a fun read, but didn't bring the epiphanies everyone said it would. That said, it's gotta' be in the top 25 novels of the last century. Please e-mail me with any thoughts or responses to my review.
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Summary: did I miss the plot?
Review: I'm 16 and read "catcher" for the first time last week. Although, it's very well written it doesn't seem to have much in the way of a plot (guy gets booted from school, hangs out for 2 days, picks his nose at 3:27 p.m., says "hi" to the doorman at 3:30pm...). Although Salinger seems to feel that adolesence is not a time of "focus" or "plot", he seems to take minimalism a bit far. Although the sentiments and langague used to express them get old fast, I found it reasonably cogent, and stupid emotionally screwed up teens ARE apt to be repetive. (One reason why I try to stay from them.) Overall, it was a fun read, but didn't bring the epiphanies everyone said it would. That said, it's gotta' be in the top 25 novels of the last century. Please e-mail me with any thoughts or responses to my review.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing
Review: THe Catcher In The Rye was the first book i ever read that actually had proper swear words in it-and that was the only thing i noticed as a nine year-old. i read it again when i was 16.it was then that i saw holden not as an american spoilt brat but someone not so alien to what i believe in.in pakistan, society is portrayed as one that restricts the growth of an individual due to it's baseless, and often paradoxical, values.holden showed that all the crap on the tolerance of new york was indeed crap.i admire iconoclats immensely and the fact theat holden was looking for oe true emotion/value/feeling ---honesty ....honesty which erodes all cultural, geographical, and racal differences....so that we cannot question holden's values becausehis intentions are so simole , clear and honest. so that he is not confused and society itself seems lost.seeing holden as a good-for-nothing spoilt brat is in itself unfair....because in his non-conformity,one sees an unbelievable treasure of courage and energy ;which if channeed i nthe right direction ,can give so much to evryone.
this book definitely enriched me. in fact, no other has affected me in the way that it did.
just as no one's childhood can be complete without reading"to kill a mockingbird",no one's adolescence can be complete without this novel.
holden's not just a teenager "run riot" in nyc, he's the epitomy ofabsolute honesty(something evryone no matter what he may stand for admires)
i recommend this book to you because thereis nothing like it in literature- no one can match the wit ,the cynicism the easer with which holden washes away all impurities to bring out the true, the eternal, the pure.....the honesty.
no literary acumen can match it. to the holden in all of us!
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Summary: Good- but not good enough to change your life
Review: I have read some of the reviews written here before, and I have to admit that I think this is a good book. I do want to point out that no matter how vulgar, "phony", or realistic you found this book to be, you should not be living by the words of Salinger. People read books for enjoyment, and this is definitely one that can be read for that purpose. Just do not think that this is some kind of a self help book... it's fiction. For those of you who acted upon feelings you had when you read this book, I send you my humble apologies. You should not read books if you are going to act on every feeling that the character or plot brings to you.
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Summary: This book really woke me up
Review: Everybody should read this book. It shows very well the problems teens meet and I saw my self in Holden. It kind of made me see how life can be, and I got kind of disappointed. But I also understood that I am not willing to become a "phony" like so many in the adolt-world. something that seems to be impossible as I grow older. It also is a scary book in a way. Holden` s life is so dark and depressing...
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Summary: Looking for discussion
Review: I've read this book several years ago. I must say that I really bonded with it. In my oppinion, it is not necessary to look for a moral or a point in an outstanding piece of literature. All that is really necessary is a keen and refined ability to feel. The book communicates everything by itself. One only needs to carefully listen.
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Summary: Catcher In the Rye was an important book for teens to read
Review: Every teen in the USA should read Catcher In The Rye because they can relate to it very well.
It shows people what a real teen goes through and what he/she faces in life each and every day.
This book made me realize that all the phonies in the world are just plain stupid for trying to be someone their not.
Holden portrayed a great character of a teenage guy and what problems he sexual goes through.
unfortunately, there is alot more in this world today that Holden would not have been able to handle and that many teens do not handle.
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Summary: Better with time
Review: I wonder if J.D. Salinger has seen all these reviews. It's wonderful that one book could be responsible for all this. "The Catcher in the Rye" is not a book I would suggest to younger readers. Not for any reason other than the fact that some younger readers might not completely understand what the point is. I liked this book enough to re-read it 5 times! (Then again, I've read everything Salinger has written many times over.) Salinger paints beautiful portraits of character we all can understand and learn from.
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Summary: good book.
Review: this book was good. i liked the plot and the main characters. They were very interesting. I liked Holden the best. the book was hard to read since i am in sixth grade and because there as a lot of big words and profanity in the book. But i still liked the book becuase it was interesting. you should read the book becuase it is very interesting.
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Summary: The best novel of the 20th century
Review: Possibly the best novel of the 20th century describes the story of a troubled teen who has elevated into a pop icon for those of us who don't fit in with the world. Salinger's book encompassess all those undisplayed thoughts that we want to keep secret.
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