The Catcher In The Rye

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Ignacia.

Hey, what’s up, blog? Today, finally, I’m going to give a book review! Let’s start by saying that this book is full of controversy and debate, but that’s what makes it such a good book. The Catcher in the Rye is not everyone's favorite book. However, I find it a catching and exciting book with a lot of harsh reality, along with some humor and moments of depression. This novel is about two days in the life of a sixteen year old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Even Though this book was written in 1951 and it is a classic novel, which many teens find boring, this read has many themes that teens can relate to because the book is centered around a young protagonist in his 16–17 years. I find Holden Caufield a very interesting character; I liked getting to know what was going through his head, and I kind of understood everything that was going on with him in his teenage years because I am a teenager too and I could in some way relate to him. This novel uses obscene language, which makes it a book for people over 15 years old. It also makes this book different from others, the use of frequent profanity makes the characters seem more real. The use of an unreliable narrator is used so perfectly, that you are really not sure if you can trust Holden or not. It also represents perfectly what depression can do to you and how you start staying away from people or how you don’t feel excited for anything anymore. Overall, I think this book has been a success because of how well it describes the issues that someone goes through in their teenage years and the concern of growing up to being an adult, which is, I think, scary for most teenagers. I feel like this book was ahead of its time because it deviated from traditional themes applied in that era, giving it a modernist air. As for the controversy that this novel receives, this may be due to the use of negative thoughts instead of optimism.

Preserve Innocence of kids

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J.D. Salinger

Sofia.

Hey, how are you doing, blog? Well today I’m going to talk about a theme present in the book that is not so talked about and this is Inaction. This is a theme in the book because one of the biggest issues holding Holden back is his persistent inability to take action. Holden’s inaction reveals a failure to move past pain and forward to a future that is more strong. Holden in almost all of the book is unable to let go of his dead brother and all of the memories they made. For example, in chapter 5, when Holden struggles to let go of a snowball that he has made, his inability to let go of Allies memories is reflected. And instead of throwing it he keeps adding more snow to make it more dense and firm, reflecting the idea that instead of continuing with life after Allie's death, he still can’t let him go. On the other hand, Holden's inaction relates to his fear of the future, since he is scared of becoming an adult, because they are full of rules and they become phony. This is why Holden doesn’t continue growing up and he keeps repeating everything all over again. 

Hey blog! So today I wanted to talk about a symbol I found out in the book, well, while I was reading I found this scene where Holden goes to Phoebe school and he is shocked to see "F&^* You" written on the walls of the school and he tries to rub it out with his hands so the kids at the school won’t be able to see it and he starts wondering what that means. Later on, he finds it written in another part of the school and then again at the museum of Natural History. Well, then I started wondering what could the profane graffiti in the wall and the action of Holden trying to rub it out mean, cause it was obviously a symbol, and then I got to the conclusion that maybe that graffiti written in many walls that Holden wanted to erase could represent Holden’s inability to prevent the loss of innocence in others, this is because when he was trying to prevent kiddos to see it and he couldn’t make it, this is trying to say to us that maybe Holden can’t preserve children’s innocence and that he is not capable of doing it. This is the symbol that captured my attention the most, because there is obviously so much more.

Well the ducks in central park you know the ones that Holden goes see represent the fear of change which has to do with the catcher in the rye phrase because Holden is scared of growing up and being an adult and well that is what he is trying to prevent kiddos from.

Hey, what’s up, blog? I wanted to talk about the book I just read! I just wanted to say the book is so damn interesting, I literally finished the f*cking book like in one day. What I didn’t like was that the book was so repetitive, why the hell does the author need to tell every single detail that goes through Holden’s head, yea, I know it has to do with the writing style, obviously, but that is something that bothered me a lot ya know. Well, overall I think many teens were able to relate to the themes in the book, such as rebellion, identity and independence, I think they relate to them cause that’s what most teens live everyday, including me, damn I related to it. I would recommend the book because it is hell of a catching book!, but remember to read the book before you’re an adult, you know, or else you will have the urge to slap Holden’s face for his stupid actions!.

Just finished the book! So good! This is how I imagine Holden Caufield

I just bought the book! Be right back, I'm going to read it!