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Summary: Groundbreaker
Review: The great thing about this book is it's a legacy. J.D.Salinger was a mystery.His creation was a groundbreaker. I read and re-read this book several times. I still remembered this first time I was still in my teen,It came like a breath of fresh air. Never before I'd read such unique character,Holden Caulfield. Salinger's narrative style was charismatic,bewitching and truly remarkable. Now I'm in my late-twenties I still find it amazing each time I'll read it..I see things from a different level or perceptive.I'm sure in the years to come, at different stops of my life,my views may vary but I will certainly read it for a long time, this book will withstand the test.This book was about Holden,17. Salinger took readers to see and experience a few days of Holden's life through Holden's preceptive. Holden's going through a phase which was realistic and compelling. Showing the true meaning of life and psychological reality of people. What is human nature? Who's truthful and who's a phony? This book filled with ironies and highly debatable social and physiological issues. It also drawn a foggy line between madness and genius. One of the best contribution the Literature and Life.
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Summary: Wish I could rate it higher.
Review: If you really want to hear my review, I'll tell you. LOL. What a terriffic book. One recurring theme pops up through out the entire story: The loss of innocence. SEE IF YOU CAN PINPOINT IT!
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Summary: Oh Boy
Review: I am gonna make this short and sweet. This book is a must for anyone. If you haven't read it... do so now! The fact that it was banned in many countries frightens me.
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Summary: Totally a classic...
Review: Everyone I know had to read this book freshman year in highschool, and for a good reason. Catcher in the Rye is a total classic, and you will be left out of quite a few literary conversations if you haven't read it. Its also scary how much I identify with Holden each time I read the book (phonies! football games! hysterical parents!).
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Summary: Amazingly undescribable
Review: At no time in my life did i think that anyone could understand what my life involved. But to discover a book based on the life of a adolesant just like me, i found phenomenal. Holden, the protaganist, tells us of three complex and interesting days in his life while he is on the verge of a breakdown. The novel tells us of how he searches for the perfect relationship, one which he can rely on. This special relationship turns out to be that between himself and his sister phoebe. Overall, i found this an easy book to relate to and if you consider yourself a reblous teen, you will find your self picturing you in the place of Holden. Too good for words, and will stay in the hearts of teens for generations to come.
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Summary: You Know The Drill
Review: You know the drill... Holden goes to a New England Prep School. Holden goes to New York and rides around on the merry-go-round and gets whacky. Holden shoots John Lennon. Author of book gets whiney and cranky and moves from Manhattan to New Hampshire. Author has a bunch of secretive affairs with nubile women, and collects a big fat paycheck. Author never writes again and lays around collecting royalties.
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Summary: Orinigal and oxymoronic
Review: The great thing about this book is it's a legacy. J.D.Salinger was a mystery.His creation was a groundbreaker. I read and re-read this book several times. I still remembered this first time I was still in my teen,It came like a breath of fresh air. Never before I'd read such unique character,Holden Caulfield. Salinger's narrative style was charismatic,bewitching and truly remarkable. Now I'm in my late-twenties I still find it amazing each time I'll read it..I see things from a different level or perceptive.I'm sure in the years to come, at different stops of my life,my views may vary but I will certainly read it for a long time, this book will withstand the test. This book was about Holden,17. Salinger took readers to see and experience a few days of Holden's life through Holden's preceptive. Holden's going through a phase which was realistic and compelling. Showing the true meaning of life and psychological reality of people. What is human nature? Who's truthful and who's a phony? This book filled with ironies and highly debatable social and physiological issues. It also drawn a foggy line between maddness and genius. One of the best contribution the Literature and Life.
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Summary: very funny
Review: In nearly each review of this book, people refer it as as a "classic" and "fine piece of literature," but what everyone seems to fail to mention is how very funny this book is. Holden Caulfield is one of the most amusing characters from a book that I have ever read, and there were many times while reading it that I just had to laugh a lot. For instance, who in a book would say "vomity" or "perverty" or "goddam" every five seconds? People say these things in real life, but writers rarely ever catch it. It seems in every page, Holden says some smartass remark that is very amusing, and that is the best part of the book. If he wasn't as sarcastic and both self-loathing and self-loving as he was, I'm not sure that the book could even stand to be read from just the storyline alone. This is one of the funniest books I have ever read -- definitely a page-turner -- and has renewed my interest in reading. Usually when I read the book, I am curious about the author, yet in this case, the dialogue and writing were so catchy that I was mostly just interested in Holden. This is a funny sort of American book with an American humour, and is definitely worthy of a read.
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Summary: A Whole World is Involved....
Review: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is Holden Caulfield's personal narrative of his four day attempt to esacpe from the phoniness of the world, and to find a fixed reality. The entire book is a flashback filled with digressions, anedotes, and asides that reveal Holden's character. The book is concerned about psychological pressures felt by the teenager who was actually on the brink to adulthood. J. D. Salinger somehow wanted to portrait Holden as a hero who was determined to escape the world and seek a new home - a place where he will be involved with nobody, where there will be no pain, no disillusionment, and no involvement. Over the span of four days, Holden was met by psychological and metaphorical challenges, or even dangers, that robbed him of his own values, own individuality and intellectual autonomy. The reason why I say the whole world is involved is becuase of the great number of people Holden encountered in this novel. From his own parents and siblings, his friends at Pencey Prep to the hooker, etc., Holden is a character with incredibly great aquaintances. THE CATCH IN THE RYE has remained one of my most beloved book since I first read it in eighth grade. Every now and then I have to re-read the book and be transformed again. The book was banned in certain communities and condemned by some school boards due to profanity since it was published in 1951. It is truly one of American classics. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great
Review: The Catcher in the Rye, is one of my favorite books. Not my favoite (of mice and men) but it is close. Thestory of Holden a teenager who, after having many problems, goes crazy, is really interesting, he is the narrator and he is talking to his doctor and telling him story that happened back in New York City Great book, read it and you will enjoy it , if you are a teenager , great book for you, many people feel the way Holden Caulfield feels in the book.
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