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Summary: Love it or Hate it
Review: The Catcher in the Rye is just one of those books that people either love or hate. I loved it, although I'll admit that it isn't the be all end all of literary gems, but there's just something about Holden Caulfield that's easy to relate to. He's highly critical of just about everything, which some people call whiny, but that's how cynics and teenagers are. Holden Caulfield just makes sense in an odd way. People who don't like this book seem either to not understand cynicism or have read it after they've grown up and already 30-something with kids ie: completely unable to relate to a teenage mindset. If not one of those than they started reading it just to find fault with it because everyone likes it so much (annoying pseudo-intellectuals who feel the need to constantly prove their "intelligence" and "individuality"- chill, we know already) I reccomend reading this book before and after you grow up, so you can first relate to it and then look back on it fondly saying things like "I loved that book when I was a kid..."
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Summary: The quintessential troubled youth
Review: J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" is one of those books that seems to be surrounded by the aura of its own myth and hype. So the question is: does it live up to this hype? After reading it for the first time, I am of the opinion that while "Catcher" doesn't quite live up to its own legend, it is still an engrossing read. "Catcher" tells the story of Holden Caulfield, a troubled young man who has just gotten kicked out of prep school. The novel follows his physical and mental wanderings after leaving the school. Along the way are some interesting glimpses of New York City's sleazy underbelly in the post-World War II years. The copyright page notes that the Little, Brown edition of "Catcher" was originally published in 1951. I imagine that Holden's smoking, drinking, and musings about sex may have been shocking at the time, but it's pretty tame stuff today. Still, I can't help but like a main character who boasts that he's "the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life." Much of the book seems to be written in a sort of "code." Little hints along the way indicate that narrator Holden is not being totally honest with us, with himself, or with both--even though on the surface the narrative should be the truth behind the lies he tells to other characters within the story. What is Holden's real unsaid truth? I won't give my interpretation, but will leave that to each reader. In the end, "Catcher" is a classic that still commands our attention. It's an ironic and challenging text that rewards the attentive reader.
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Summary: Besa, Besa
Review: I loved the book. it was nice and showed some sexy scenes. parents be cautioned...he talks about doing it...my parents werent too thrilled about it...ok well i liked it very much because of the perspectives on life that it portrayed.
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Summary: A book you cannot get out of your head
Review: I read this book for a college class and thought it was only okay. The writing style is nothing to get excited about. This is not one of those thrilling books you cannot put down. Instead it is a story which introduces a character who is hard to forget. Two weeks after I finished reading the book, I kept thinking about Holden. I wanted to know what motivated him. I kept wondering at the deeper issues he faces. If you are looking for a page turner, this may not be the one for you. However, If you want a book whith a realistic character that makes you think, then this is the one for you.
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Summary: Smooth and emotional
Review: What Holden Caulfield was able to tell me, was not the foul language appearance on every other line throughout the whole book, nor his stereotypical tone of a cynical adolescent or the monologue, and all 277 pages of them, but a normal teenager's sense of lost in his direction though he knew his New York city like the backyard of his house, his well concealed emotion for being a full grown man though he wept when he was exhausted, hungry and given all the "dough" his little sister had, the eight dollars and sixty five cents and all, more so, his love towards his passed Allie, brother D.B. and his "old little Phoebe". All this boy soaked with sensitivity top down was presented in front of me, foul yet as a innocent complete, that just "killed me", and it really did.
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Summary: This is my favorite book!
Review: This is my favorite book of all time because it is written so well. I have never read another book as good as this one is. I first read it when I was in eigth grade, but I have read it several time since then. It is a sad book, because you can really relate to the narrator. You can really feel his lonliness and his pain. You know what he's going through, because you can imagine being in the situations that he is in. The book has a lot of dry humor in it, too. This book is for mature readers. It is very good and I recommend it to everyone who likes to read!
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Summary: The best book ever!
Review: I read this book for the first time in high school and was convinced that this book was by far the most amazing piece of classical literature I would ever encounter. Salinger is absolutley brilliant and has the reader completley engulfed in the life of Holden. His rebellious ways, his complete disgust for all the phonies of the world, and his showering love and protection for his little sister Pheobe proves to make him a truly unique and untouchably strong character. This book has all the elements of a true masterpiece. A definite must read!
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Summary: Catcher In The Rye - Not As Great As Everyone Says
Review: Okay, I just finished reading this book, on my own, not as a school assignment or anything, and honestly - I have no idea why this book is so popular. First of all, all this guy does is complain. I mean sure, there is at least one thing that people hate about everyone they know. But Holden, the main character in the book, he seems to hate everyone for the wrong reasons. I mean sure, I can relate with him because I know what depression is like and I know what it's like to run away. But he hates so many people for common behavior and all he does is complain about it. Not only that, but he's also extremely shallow. He doesn't like ugly people, especially girls. He just doesn't like people for being people. And that's all there is about this book.. just some college kid who's depressed, runs away, and complains about every stupid flaw!! I just do not understand why this book is so loved, so popular. Won't ever make sense to me.
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Summary: Who Cares!!! Very Boring. Get 1984 Instead
Review: This book was pretty much a waste of time. Its about a little rich white boy in the early 20th century who make alot of social observations on the formality and un personalness of human interaction in a capitalist system. He get depressed and sees everything as phony and wants to throw away a good education and actually the darn boy doesn`t have any REAL problems. there is rape and murder and oppression and bondage going on and this boy is just so sad that nobody really means "How You Doing" when they say how you doing. This book is just about observations that I thought of when I was 12 or something. Really son go tell it to somebody else. He doesn`t even want to apply himself.
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Summary: Thanks Mr. Salinger
Review: I recently picked up this book from an old little hole-in-the-wall bookstore not too far from home. After reading it, I thought I had found my best friend in Holden Caufield, the main character.
Basically, the novel is a short autobiography of what happens in an apporxamatly three day peroid after Holden is kicked out of school and before he moves to California. That is what happens in the novel, by the theme is, in my mind, about the abstract nature of humans and of society in general. You really have to read to understand why I say that.
Most people who do not like the book base their complaints on two aspects: 1) The swearing. 2) The dialogue. Now to address those points.
1) So he swears, big deal. The cursing is maybe as frequent as what you would hear on an episode of "The Simpsons."
2) The dialogue, in the minds of some, is terrible. When you hear someone say that the speech in the story is mostly "He really did," "It really was," "I really did" etc they are telling the truth. The simple truth is that Holden does not have a really dynamic or artistic voice, but then again he is a 17 year old who gets kicked out of just about every school he attends. How do you expect him to talk? I think Salinger did a great job of capturing the voice of his very unique character. All in all I think it is a great book, and worth the time to read.
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