Author | J. D. Salinger |
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Cover artist | E. Michael Mitchell[1][2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Realistic fiction Coming-of-age fiction |
Published | July 16, 1951 |
Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Media type | |
Pages | 277 |
OCLC | 287628 |
813.54 |
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The Catcher in the Rye is a story by J.D. Salinger, partially published in serial form in 1945–1946 and as a novel in 1951.[3] It was originally intended for adults but is read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique on superficiality in society.[4][5] It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages.[6] Around one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books.[7] The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion.[8] The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection.
The novel was included on Time Magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923,[9] and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.[10][11][12] In 2003, it was listed at number 15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
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Plot[edit]
Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old, is living in an unspecified institution in Southern California, near Hollywood, in 1951. Caulfield intends to live with his brother D.B., an author and World War II veteran with whom Holden is angry for becoming a screenwriter, one month after his discharge. As he waits, Holden recalls the events of the previous Christmas.
Holden begins his story at Pencey Preparatory Academy, an exclusive boarding school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Aged sixteen in 1950, Holden has been expelled from Pencey due to poor work and is not to return after Christmas break, which begins the following Wednesday. He plans to return home on that day so that he will not be present when his parents receive notice of his expulsion. After forfeiting a fencing match in New York by forgetting the equipment on the subway, he is invited to the home of his history teacher, Mr. Spencer. Spencer is a well-meaning but long-winded old man. Spencer greets him and offers him advice, but he embarrasses Holden by further criticizing Holden's history work.
Holden returns to his dorm wearing the new red hunting cap he bought in New York. His dorm neighbor Robert Ackley is one of the few students also missing the game. Ackley, unpopular among his peers, disturbs Holden with his impolite questioning and mannerisms. Holden, who feels sorry for Ackley, tolerates his presence. Later, Holden agrees to write an English composition for his roommate, Ward Stradlater, who is leaving for a date. However, Holden is distressed to learn that Stradlater's date is an old friend, Jane Gallagher, whom Holden had romantic feelings for and feels protective of. That night, Holden decides to go to a Cary Grant comedy with his best friend Mal Brossard and Ackley. Since Ackley and Mal had already seen the film, they end up just playing pinball and returning to Pencey. When Stradlater returns hours later, he fails to appreciate the deeply personal composition Holden wrote for him about the baseball glove of Holden's late brother Allie, and refuses to reveal whether he slept with Jane. Enraged, Holden punches him, and Stradlater easily wins the ensuing fight. When Holden continues insulting him after the fight, Stradlater knocks him unconscious and leaves him with a bloody nose. https://brownfit378.weebly.com/blog/download-sql-server-management-studio-express. After leaving for Ackley's room, Holden is disappointed when he treats him rudely. Fed up with the so-called 'phonies' at Pencey Prep, Holden impulsively decides to leave Pencey early, sells his typewriter to earn money, and catches a train to Penn Station in New York. Holden intends to stay away from his home in a hotel until Wednesday, when his parents would have received news of his expulsion. Aboard the train, Holden meets the mother of a wealthy, obnoxious Pencey student named Ernest Morrow, and lies to her about himself and her son.
In a taxicab, Holden inquires with the driver about whether the ducks in the Central Park lagoon migrate during winter, a subject he brings up often, but the man barely responds. Holden checks into the dilapidated Edmont Hotel. He spends an evening dancing with three tourist women from Seattle in the hotel lounge and enjoys dancing with one, though is disappointed that he is unable to hold a conversation with them. Following an unpromising visit to Ernie's Nightclub in Greenwich Village, Holden becomes preoccupied with his internal angst and agrees to have a prostitute named Sunny visit his room. His attitude toward the girl changes the minute she enters the room; she seems about the same age as him. Holden becomes uncomfortable with the situation, and when he tells her all he wants to do is talk, she becomes annoyed and leaves. Even though he still paid her the right amount for her time, she returns with her pimp Maurice and demands more money. Holden insults Maurice, and after Sunny takes the money from Holden's wallet, Maurice punches him in the stomach and leaves with Sunny. Afterwards, Holden imagines that he has been shot by Maurice, and pictures murdering him with an automatic pistol.
The next morning, Holden, becoming increasingly depressed and in need of personal connection, calls Sally Hayes, a familiar date. Although Holden claims that she is 'the queen of all phonies,' they agree to meet that afternoon to attend a play at the Biltmore Theater. Holden shops for a special record, 'Little Shirley Beans,' for his 10-year-old sister Phoebe. He spots a small boy singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye,' which lifts his mood. Although Holden's date initially goes well, it soon sours after Sally introduces her friend George. After the play, Holden and Sally go ice skating at Rockefeller Center, where Holden suddenly begins ranting against society and frightens Sally. He impulsively invites Sally to run away with him that night to live in the wilderness of New England, but she is uninterested in his hastily conceived plan and declines. The conversation turns sour, and the two angrily part ways.
Holden decides to meet his old classmate, a Columbia student named Carl Luce, for drinks at the Wicker Bar in the Seton Hotel. During the meeting, Holden annoys Carl with his fixation on sex. After Luce leaves, Holden gets drunk, awkwardly flirts with several adults, and calls an icy Sally. Exhausted and out of money, Holden wanders over to Central Park to investigate the ducks, accidentally breaking Phoebe's record on the way. Nostalgically recalling his experience in elementary school and the unchanging dioramas in the Museum of Natural History that he enjoyed visiting as a child, Holden heads home to see Phoebe, his 10 year old sister. He sneaks into his parents' apartment while they are out, and wakes up Phoebe—the only person with whom he seems to be able to communicate his true feelings. Although Phoebe is happy to see Holden, she quickly deduces that he has been expelled, and chastises him for his aimlessness and his apparent dislikes towards everything. When asked if he cares about anything, Holden shares a selfless fantasy he has been thinking about (based on a mishearing of Robert Burns's Comin' Through the Rye): he pictures himself as the sole guardian of thousands of children playing in a huge rye field on the edge of a cliff. His job is to catch the children if, in their abandon, they come close to falling off the brink; to be, in effect, the 'catcher in the rye'. Because of this misinterpretation, Holden believes that to be the 'catcher in the rye' means to save children from losing their innocence.
When his mother returns home, Holden slips out and visits his former and much-admired English teacher, Mr. Antolini, who is now a New York University professor. Mr. Antolini expresses concern that Holden is headed for 'a terrible fall' and advises him to begin applying himself. Although Holden is exhausted, Holden is courteous and considers his advice. Mr. Antolini also provides Holden with a place to sleep. Holden is upset when he wakes up in the night to find Mr. Antolini patting his head, which he interprets as a homosexual advance. Confused and uncertain, he leaves and spends the rest of the night in a waiting room at Grand Central Station, where he sinks further into despair and expresses regret over leaving Mr. Antolini. He spends most of Monday morning wandering Fifth Avenue.
Losing hope of finding belonging or companionship in the city, Holden impulsively decides that he will head out west and live a reclusive lifestyle as a gas station attendant. He decides to see Phoebe at lunchtime to explain his plan and say farewell. While visiting Phoebe's school to give a forged excuse note, Holden becomes quite annoyed by graffiti containing the word 'fuck,' and becomes distressed by the thought of children learning the word's meaning. When he meets Phoebe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she arrives with a suitcase and asks to go with him, even though she was looking forward to acting as Benedict Arnold in a play that Friday. Holden refuses to let her come with him, which upsets Phoebe, so Holden decides not to leave after all. He tries to cheer her up by allowing her to skip school and taking her to the Central Park Zoo, but she remains angry with him. They eventually reach the zoo's carousel, where Phoebe reconciles with Holden after he buys her a ticket. Holden is finally filled with happiness and joy at the sight of Phoebe riding in the rain.
In a short epilogue, Holden briefly alludes to encountering his parents that night and 'getting sick,' mentioning that he will be attending another school in September. Holden says that he doesn't want to tell anything more because, surprisingly, he has found himself missing his former classmates. https://brownfit378.weebly.com/mazzy-star-fade-into-you-mp3-download.html. He warns the reader that telling others about their own experiences will lead them to miss the people who shared them.
History[edit]
Various older stories by Salinger contain characters similar to those in The Catcher in the Rye. While at Columbia University, Salinger wrote a short story called 'The Young Folks' in Whit Burnett's class; one character from this story has been described as a 'thinly penciled prototype of Sally Hayes'. In November 1941 he sold the story 'Slight Rebellion off Madison', which featured Holden Caulfield, to The New Yorker, but it wasn't published until December 21, 1946, due to World War II. The story 'I'm Crazy', which was published in the December 22, 1945 issue of Collier's, contained material that was later used in The Catcher in the Rye.
In 1946, The New Yorker accepted a 90-page manuscript about Holden Caulfield for publication, but Salinger later withdrew it.[13]
Writing style[edit]
The Catcher in the Rye is narrated in a subjective style from the point of view of Holden Caulfield, following his exact thought processes. There is flow in the seemingly disjointed ideas and episodes; for example, as Holden sits in a chair in his dorm, minor events, such as picking up a book or looking at a table, unfold into discussions about experiences.
Critical reviews affirm that the novel accurately reflected the teenage colloquial speech of the time.[14] Words and phrases that appear frequently include:
- 'Old' – term of familiarity or endearment.
- 'Phony' – superficially acting a certain way only to change others’ perceptions
- 'That killed me' – one found that hilarious or astonishing
- 'Flit' – homosexual
- 'Crumbum' or 'crumby' – inadequate, insufficient, disappointing
- 'Snowing' – sweet-talking
- 'I got a bang out of that' – one found it hilarious or exciting
- 'Shoot the bull' – have a conversation containing false elements
- 'Give her the time' – sexual intercourse
- 'Necking' – passionate kissing especially on the neck. (clothes on)
- 'Chew the fat' or 'chew the rag' – small-talk
- 'Rubbering' or 'rubbernecks' – idle onlooking/onlookers
- 'The Can' – the bathroom
- 'Prince of a guy' - fine fellow (however often used sarcastically)
- 'Prostitute' - sellout or phony (e.g. in regard to his brother D.B. who is a writer: 'Now he's out in Hollywood being a prostitute')
Interpretations[edit]
Bruce Brooks held that Holden's attitude remains unchanged at story's end, implying no maturation, thus differentiating the novel from young adult fiction.[15]In contrast, Louis Menand thought that teachers assign the novel because of the optimistic ending, to teach adolescent readers that 'alienation is just a phase.'[16] While Brooks maintained that Holden acts his age, Menand claimed that Holden thinks as an adult, given his ability to accurately perceive people and their motives. Others highlight the dilemma of Holden's state, in between adolescence and adulthood.[17][18] Holden is quick to become emotional. 'I felt sorry as hell for.' is a phrase he often uses. It is often said that Holden changes at the end, when he watches Phoebe on the carousel, and he talks about the golden ring and how it's good for kids to try and grab it.[17]
Peter Beidler, in his A Reader's Companion to J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', identifies the movie that the prostitute 'Sunny' refers to. In chapter 13 she says that in the movie a boy falls off a boat. The movie is Captains Courageous (1937), starring Spencer Tracy. Sunny says that Holden looks like the boy who fell off the boat. Beidler shows (page 28) a still of the boy, played by child-actor Freddie Bartholomew.
Each Caulfield child has literary talent. D.B. writes screenplays in Hollywood;[19] Holden also reveres D.B. for his writing skill (Holden's own best subject), but he also despises Hollywood industry-based movies, considering them the ultimate in 'phony' as the writer has no space for his own imagination, and describes D.B.'s move to Hollywood to write for films as 'prostituting himself'; Allie wrote poetry on his baseball glove;[20] and Phoebe is a diarist.[21]This 'catcher in the rye' is an analogy for Holden, who admires in children attributes that he struggles to find in adults, like innocence, kindness, spontaneity, and generosity. Falling off the cliff could be a progression into the adult world that surrounds him and that he strongly criticizes. Later, Phoebe and Holden exchange roles as the 'catcher' and the 'fallen'; he gives her his hunting hat, the catcher's symbol, and becomes the fallen as Phoebe becomes the catcher.[22]
In their biography of Salinger, David Shields and Shane Salerno argue that: 'The Catcher in the Rye can best be understood as a disguised war novel.' Salinger witnessed the horrors of World War II, but rather than writing a combat novel, Salinger, according to Shields and Salerno, 'took the trauma of war and embedded it within what looked to the naked eye like a coming-of-age novel.'[23]
Reception[edit]
The Catcher in the Rye has been consistently listed as one of the best novels of the twentieth century. Shortly after its publication, in an article for The New York Times, Nash K. Burger called it 'an unusually brilliant novel,'[24] while James Stern wrote an admiring review of the book in a voice imitating Holden's.[25]George H. W. Bush called it a 'marvelous book,' listing it among the books that have inspired him.[26] In June 2009, the BBC's Finlo Rohrer wrote that, 58 years since publication, the book is still regarded 'as the defining work on what it is like to be a teenager.'[27]Adam Gopnik considers it one of the 'three perfect books' in American literature, along with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Great Gatsby, and believes that 'no book has ever captured a city better than Catcher in the Rye captured New York in the fifties.'[28] In an appraisal of The Catcher in the Rye written after the death of J.D. Salinger, Jeff Pruchnic says the novel has retained its appeal for many generations. Pruchnic describes Holden as a “teenage protagonist frozen midcentury but destined to be discovered by those of a similar age in every generation to come.”[29]Bill Gates said that The Catcher in the Rye is one of his favorite books.[30]
However, not all reception has been positive. The book has had its share of critics, and many contemporary readers 'just cannot understand what the fuss is about'. According to Rohrer, who writes, 'many of these readers are disappointed that the novel fails to meet the expectations generated by the mystique it is shrouded in. J.D. Salinger has done his part to enhance this mystique. That is to say, he has done nothing.'[27] Rohrer assessed the reasons behind both the popularity and criticism of the book, saying that it 'captures existential teenage angst' and has a 'complex central character' and 'accessible conversational style'; while at the same time some readers may dislike the 'use of 1940s New York vernacular' and the excessive 'whining' of the 'self-obsessed character'.
Censorship and use in schools[edit]
Cara download game hp cross g7t. In 1960, a teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma was fired for assigning the novel in class; however, she was later reinstated.[31] Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States.[32] The book was banned in the Issaquah, Washington high schools in 1978 as being part of an 'overall communist plot'.[33] In 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States.[34] According to the American Library Association, The Catcher in the Rye was the 10th most frequently challenged book from 1990 to 1999.[10] It was one of the ten most challenged books of 2005,[35] and although it had been off the list for three years, it reappeared in the list of most challenged books of 2009.[36]
The challenges generally begin with Holden's frequent use of vulgar language;[37][38] other reasons includes sexual references,[39]blasphemy, undermining of family values[38] and moral codes,[40] encouragement of rebellion,[41] and promotion of drinking, smoking, lying, promiscuity, and sexual abuse.[40] This book was written for an adult audience in mind, which often forms the foundation of many challenger's argument against this book.[42] Often the challengers have been unfamiliar with the plot itself.[32] Shelley Keller-Gage, a high school teacher who faced objections after assigning the novel in her class, noted that 'the challengers are being just like Holden. They are trying to be catchers in the rye.'[38] A Streisand effect has been that this incident caused people to put themselves on the waiting list to borrow the novel, when there was no waiting list before.[43][44]
Violent reactions[edit]
Several shootings have been associated with Salinger's novel, including Robert John Bardo's murder of Rebecca Schaeffer and John Hinckley Jr.'s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. Additionally, after fatally shooting John Lennon, Mark David Chapman was arrested with a copy of the book that he had purchased that same day, inside of which he had written: 'To Holden Caulfield, From Holden Caulfield, This is my statement'.[45][46]
Attempted adaptations[edit]
In film[edit]
Download game naruto ultimate ninja strom 3 mod strom 4 pc. Early in his career, Salinger expressed a willingness to have his work adapted for the screen.[47] In 1949, a critically panned film version of his short story 'Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut' was released; renamed My Foolish Heart, the film took great liberties with Salinger's plot and is widely considered to be among the reasons that Salinger refused to allow any subsequent film adaptations of his work.[17][48] The enduring success of The Catcher in the Rye, however, has resulted in repeated attempts to secure the novel's screen rights.[49]
When The Catcher in the Rye was first released, many offers were made to adapt it for the screen, including one from Samuel Goldwyn, producer of My Foolish Heart.[48] In a letter written in the early 1950s, Salinger spoke of mounting a play in which he would play the role of Holden Caulfield opposite Margaret O'Brien, and, if he couldn't play the part himself, to 'forget about it.' Almost 50 years later, the writer Joyce Maynard definitively concluded, 'The only person who might ever have played Holden Caulfield would have been J.D. Salinger.'[50]
Salinger told Maynard in the 1970s that Jerry Lewis 'tried for years to get his hands on the part of Holden,'[50] despite Lewis not having read the novel until he was in his thirties.[43] Film industry figures including Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio have tried to make a film adaptation.[51] In an interview with Premiere, John Cusack commented that his one regret about turning 21 was that he had become too old to play Holden Caulfield. Writer-director Billy Wilder recounted his abortive attempts to snare the novel's rights:
“ | Of course I read The Catcher in the Rye. Wonderful book. I loved it. I pursued it. I wanted to make a picture out of it. And then one day a young man came to the office of Leland Hayward, my agent, in New York, and said, 'Please tell Mr. Leland Hayward to lay off. He's very, very insensitive.' And he walked out. That was the entire speech. I never saw him. That was J.D. Salinger and that was Catcher in the Rye.[52] | ” |
In 1961, Salinger denied Elia Kazan permission to direct a stage adaptation of Catcher for Broadway.[53] Later, Salinger's agents received bids for the Catcher film rights from Harvey Weinstein and Steven Spielberg,[54] neither of which was even passed on to Salinger for consideration.
In 2003, the BBC television program The Big Read featured The Catcher in the Rye Apricorn sata wire 25 software download for windows. , interspersing discussions of the novel with 'a series of short films that featured an actor playing J. D. Salinger's adolescent antihero, Holden Caulfield.'[53] The show defended its unlicensed adaptation of the novel by claiming to be a 'literary review', and no major charges were filed.
After Salinger died in 2010, Phyllis Westberg, who was Salinger's agent at Harold Ober Associates, stated that nothing has changed in terms of licensing film, television, or stage rights of his works.[55] A letter written by Salinger in 1957 revealed that he was open to an adaptation of The Catcher in the Rye released after his death. He wrote: 'Firstly, it is possible that one day the rights will be sold. Since there's an ever-looming possibility that I won't die rich, I toy very seriously with the idea of leaving the unsold rights to my wife and daughter as a kind of insurance policy. It pleasures me no end, though, I might quickly add, to know that I won't have to see the results of the transaction.' Salinger also wrote that he believed his novel was not suitable for film treatment, and that translating Holden Caulfield's first-person narrative into voice-over and dialogue would be contrived.[56] Unetbootin for mac.
Banned fan fiction[edit]
In 2009, the year before he died, Salinger successfully sued to stop the U.S. publication of a novel that presents Holden Caulfield as an old man.[27][57] The novel's author, Fredrik Colting, commented: 'call me an ignorant Swede, but the last thing I thought possible in the U.S. was that you banned books'.[58] The issue is complicated by the nature of Colting's book, 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, which has been compared to fan fiction.[59] Although commonly not authorized by writers, no legal action is usually taken against fan fiction, since it is rarely published commercially and thus involves no profit.[60] Colting, however, has published his book commercially, therefore interfering with copyright law.
Legacy[edit]
The Catcher in the Rye has had significant cultural influence, and works inspired by the novel have been said to form their own genre. Sarah Graham assessed works influenced by The Catcher in the Rye to include the novels Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Ordinary People by Judith Guest, and the film Igby Goes Down by Burr Steers.[61]
Fantasy writer Harry Turtledove has written a pastiche-parody 'Catcher in the Rhine', based on his daughter's mishearing of Salinger's title. In this short story, an unnamed narrator, who is clearly meant to be Holden Caulfield but is unnamed to avoid copyright problems, goes on vacation to Germany and meets characters from the Niebelunglied. This was first published in The Chick is in the Mail, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen 2000 and reprinted in the omnibus Chicks Ahoy! (2010). It was reprinted in Atlantis and Other Places also in 2010.
In 'Catcher in the Wry', former Major League BaseballcatcherBob Uecker recounts anecdotes of his years behind the plate and on the road, recalling the antics of his famous teammates, including Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson, Richie Allen, and Warren Spahn.
The July 1985 issue of National Lampoon included a parody of the novel, ostensibly written by Holden Caulfield's son, entitled The Son of the Catcher, who Lives in Rye.
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In December 1991, punk rock band Green Day released their second studio album (Kerplunk), containing the song 'Who Wrote Holden Caulfield'. The song describes said character as crazy, frustrated, and lacking motivation.
J.D. Salinger's works, especially The Catcher in the Rye and Laughing Man, are at the center of the first season of the 2002 anime television series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
The Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy includes a song called 'Catcher in the Rye' in which the narrator debates a violent fantasy.
Download manager mac os x. The Catcher in the Rye deeply influenced the 2017 biographical drama film Rebel in the Rye, which is about Salinger. It is a visual about his life, before and after World War II, and gives more about the author's life than the readers of The Catcher in the Rye learned from the novel.[62]
See also[edit]
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- ^'CalArts Remembers Beloved Animation Instructor E. Michael Mitchell'. Calarts.edu. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^'50 Most Captivating Covers'. Onlineuniversities.com. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^Ulin, David L. (January 29, 2010). 'J.D. Salinger: a gift of words and silence'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ^Costello, Donald P., and Harold Bloom. 'The Language of 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: The Catcher in the Rye (2000): 11–20. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. December 1, 2010.
- ^'Carte Blanche: Famous Firsts'. Booklist. November 15, 2000. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^Magill, Frank N. (1991). 'J.D. Salinger'. Magill's Survey of American Literature. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation. p. 1803. ISBN1-85435-437-X.
- ^According to List of best-selling books. An earlier article says more than 20 million: Yardley, Jonathan (October 19, 2004). 'J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly'. The Washington Post. Retrieved January 21, 2007.
It isn't just a novel, it's a dispatch from an unknown, mysterious universe, which may help explain the phenomenal sales it enjoys to this day: about 250,000 copies a year, with total worldwide sales over -- probably way over -- 10 million.
- ^Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions By Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber p.105
- ^Grossman, Lev; Lacayo, Richard (October 16, 2005). 'All-Time 100 Novels: The Complete List'. Time.
- ^ ab'The 100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999'. American Library Association. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
- ^List of most commonly challenged books from the list of the one hundred most important books of the 20th century by Radcliffe Publishing Course
- ^Guinn, Jeff (August 10, 2001). ''Catcher in the Rye' still influences 50 years later'(fee required). Erie Times-News. Retrieved December 18, 2007.Alternate URL
- ^Salzman, Jack (1991). New essays on the Catcher in the Rye. Cambridge University Press. p. 3. ISBN9780521377980.
- ^Costello, Donald P. (October 1959). 'The Language of 'The Catcher in the Rye''. American Speech. 34 (3): 172–182. doi:10.2307/454038. JSTOR454038.
Most critics who glared at The Catcher in the Rye at the time of its publication thought that its language was a true and authentic rendering of teenage colloquial speech.
- ^Brooks, Bruce (May 1, 2004). 'Holden at sixteen'. Horn Book Magazine. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
- ^Menand, Louis (September 27, 2001). 'Holden at fifty'. The New Yorker. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
- ^ abcOnstad, Katrina (February 22, 2008). 'Beholden to Holden'. CBC News. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008.
- ^Graham, 33.
- ^Salinger (1969, p. 67)
- ^Salinger (1969, p. 38)
- ^Salinger (1969, p. 160)
- ^Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Fall 2002). 'The Burning Carousel and the Carnivalesque: Subversion and Transcendence at the Close of The Catcher in the Rye'. Studies in the Novel. 34 (3). pp. 320–337. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
- ^Shields, David; Salerno, Shane (2013). Salinger (Hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. xvi. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
The Catcher in the Rye can best be understood as a disguised war novel. Salinger emerged from the war incapable of believing in the heroic, noble ideals we like to think our cultural institutions uphold. Instead of producing a combat novel, as Norman Mailer, James Jones, and Joseph Heller did, Salinger took the trauma of war and embedded it within what looked to the naked eye like a coming-of-age novel.
- ^Burger, Nash K. (July 16, 1951). 'Books of The Times'. The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
- ^Stern, James (July 15, 1951). 'Aw, the World's a Crumby Place'. The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
- ^'Academy of Achievement – George H. W. Bush'. The American Academy of Achievement. Archived from the original on February 13, 1997. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ abcRohrer, Finlo (June 5, 2009). 'The why of the Rye'. BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^Gopnik, Adam. The New Yorker, February 8, 2010, p. 21
- ^Pruchnic, Jeff. 'Holden at Sixty: Reading Catcher After the Age of Irony.' Critical Insights: ------------The Catcher in The Rye (2011): 49–63. Literary Reference Center. Web. February 2, 2015.
- ^Gates, Bill. 'The Best Books I Read in 2013'. gatesnotes.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ^Dutra, Fernando (September 25, 2006). 'U. Connecticut: Banned Book Week celebrates freedom'. The America's Intelligence Wire. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
In 1960 a teacher in Tulsa, Okla. was fired for assigning 'The Catcher in the Rye'. After appealing, the teacher was reinstated, but the book was removed from the itinerary in the school.
- ^ ab'In Cold Fear: 'The Catcher in the Rye', Censorship, Controversies and Postwar American Character. (Book Review)'. Modern Language Review. April 1, 2003. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
- ^Reiff, Raychel Haugrud (2008). J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye and Other Works. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corporation. p. 80. ISBN978-0-7614-2594-6.
- ^Andrychuk, Sylvia (February 17, 2004). 'A History of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye'(PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 28, 2007.
During 1981, The Catcher in the Rye had the unusual distinction of being the most frequently censored book in the United States, and, at the same time, the second-most frequently taught novel in American public schools.
- ^''It's Perfectly Normal' tops ALA's 2005 list of most challenged books'. American Library Association. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^'Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2009'. American Library Association. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^'Art or trash? It makes for endless, unwinnable debate'. The Topeka Capital-Journal. October 6, 1997. Archived from the original on June 6, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
Another perennial target, J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye,' was challenged in Maine because of the 'f' word.
- ^ abcMydans, Seth (September 3, 1989). 'In a Small Town, a Battle Over a Book'. The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^MacIntyre, Ben (September 24, 2005). 'The American banned list reveals a society with serious hang-ups'. The Times. London. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ abFrangedis, Helen (November 1988). 'Dealing with the Controversial Elements in The Catcher in the Rye'. The English Journal. 77 (7): 72–75. doi:10.2307/818945. JSTOR818945.
The foremost allegation made against Catcher is. that it teaches loose moral codes; that it glorifies. drinking, smoking, lying, promiscuity, and more.
- ^Yilu Zhao (August 31, 2003). 'Banned, But Not Forgotten'. The New York Times. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
The Catcher in the Rye, interpreted by some as encouraging rebellion against authority.
- ^'Banned from the classroom: Censorship and The Catcher in the Rye - English and Drama blog'. blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ abWhitfield, Stephen (December 1997). 'Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Social History of The Catcher in the Rye'(PDF). The New England Quarterly. 70 (4): 567–600. doi:10.2307/366646. JSTOR366646. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 12, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^J.D. Salinger. Philadelphia: Chelsea House. 2001. pp. 77–105. ISBN0-7910-6175-2.
- ^Weeks, Linton (September 10, 2000). 'Telling on Dad'. Amarillo Globe-News. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^Doyle, Aidan (December 15, 2003). 'When books kill'. Salon.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2007.
- ^Hamilton, Ian (1988). In Search of J. D. Salinger. New York: Random House. ISBN0-394-53468-9. p. 75.
- ^ abBerg, A. Scott. Goldwyn: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. ISBN1-57322-723-4. p. 446.
- ^See Dr. Peter Beidler's A Reader's Companion to J. D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 7.
- ^ abMaynard, Joyce (1998). At Home in the World. New York: Picador. p. 93. ISBN0-312-19556-7.
- ^'News & Features'. IFILM: The Internet Movie Guide. 2004. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
- ^Crowe, Cameron, ed. Conversations with Wilder. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. ISBN0-375-40660-3. p. 299.
- ^ abMcAllister, David (November 11, 2003). 'Will J. D. Salinger sue?'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
- ^AJ (January 29, 2010). 'Why J.D. Salinger Never Wanted A 'Catcher in the Rye' Movie'. The Daily Caller. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ^'Slim chance of Catcher in the Rye movie – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)'. ABCnet.au. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^Connelly, Sherryl (January 29, 2010). 'Could 'Catcher in the Rye' finally make it to the big screen? Salinger letter suggests yes'. Daily News. New York. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^Gross, Doug (June 3, 2009). 'Lawsuit targets 'rip-off' of 'Catcher in the Rye''. CNN. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
- ^Fogel, Karl. Looks like censorship, smells like censorship. maybe it IS censorship?. QuestionCopyright.org. July 7, 2009.
- ^Sutherland, John. How fanfic took over the webLondon Evening Standard. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^Fan Fiction and a New Common Law'(1997) Rebecca Tushnet, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal,. vol.17.
- ^Rohrer, Finlo (June 5, 2009). 'Why does Salinger's Catcher in the Rye still resonate?'. BBC News Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^Sims, David. ''Rebel in the Rye' Is Phony Through and Through'. The Atlantic. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Bibliography[edit]
- Graham, Sarah (2007). J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Routledge. ISBN0-415-34452-2.
- Rohrer, Finlo (June 5, 2009). 'The why of the Rye'. BBC News Magazine. BBC.
- Salinger, J. D. (1969), The Catcher in the Rye, New York: Bantam
Further reading[edit]
- Steinle, Pamela Hunt (2000). In Cold Fear: The Catcher in the Rye Censorship Controversies and Postwar American Character. Ohio State University Press. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comme.more
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Jean ColeIt's not about the story. It's about the context of the story.
We have to consider it in the context of the era in which this book was released. The…moreIt's not about the story. It's about the context of the story.
We have to consider it in the context of the era in which this book was released. The era is post-WWII America. We had just defeated two evil empires, and our soldiers were coming Home Sweet Home to their happy-to-be-housewives and their 2.5 kids who were to be seen and not heard.
Readers who were born and brought up after the 1960s don't realize what a revolution occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. Today being a free spirit and expressing your individuality is celebrated and encouraged. In those days you were expected to (as I was told) 'Do as I say, not as I do.' That may sound outrageous and unreasonable but it was, in fact, exactly what was accepted as good parenting.
And here we have 1) a main character who curses constantly, and unashamedly rejects the values of his parents and society in general and 2) a narrative style that is casual and conversational. These two factors were shocking and dismaying to some, refreshing and delightful to others.
And so Holden became a hero to some. Not in the conventional sense of the word, but because people related to him and they sympathized with the way he felt. He personified all that was wrong with society. If you don't go along, if you don't play the game, then the vast machine that is society will knock you down and even lock you away. Holden is not intended to be a hero in the conventional sense of the word. He is a tragic victim of the crappy world in which he has no control and where no one understands him.
I imagine that in 1951, when this was published, there were those who said 'Yes! It's about time someone was honest!' and there were those who exclaimed 'What is this world coming to?' There was change coming, that's for sure. This book was just one sign of the impending cultural revolution. That's why it's a classic. Think of it as a brick in the foundation of the revolution to come.(less)
We have to consider it in the context of the era in which this book was released. The…moreIt's not about the story. It's about the context of the story.
We have to consider it in the context of the era in which this book was released. The era is post-WWII America. We had just defeated two evil empires, and our soldiers were coming Home Sweet Home to their happy-to-be-housewives and their 2.5 kids who were to be seen and not heard.
Readers who were born and brought up after the 1960s don't realize what a revolution occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. Today being a free spirit and expressing your individuality is celebrated and encouraged. In those days you were expected to (as I was told) 'Do as I say, not as I do.' That may sound outrageous and unreasonable but it was, in fact, exactly what was accepted as good parenting.
And here we have 1) a main character who curses constantly, and unashamedly rejects the values of his parents and society in general and 2) a narrative style that is casual and conversational. These two factors were shocking and dismaying to some, refreshing and delightful to others.
And so Holden became a hero to some. Not in the conventional sense of the word, but because people related to him and they sympathized with the way he felt. He personified all that was wrong with society. If you don't go along, if you don't play the game, then the vast machine that is society will knock you down and even lock you away. Holden is not intended to be a hero in the conventional sense of the word. He is a tragic victim of the crappy world in which he has no control and where no one understands him.
I imagine that in 1951, when this was published, there were those who said 'Yes! It's about time someone was honest!' and there were those who exclaimed 'What is this world coming to?' There was change coming, that's for sure. This book was just one sign of the impending cultural revolution. That's why it's a classic. Think of it as a brick in the foundation of the revolution to come.(less)
Monika PrzegalińskaI think, it is about saving innocence, which is also a symbol of childhood. Holden simply wants to save his little sister (and other kids) from…moreI think, it is about saving innocence, which is also a symbol of childhood. Holden simply wants to save his little sister (and other kids) from process of adolescence and future adulthood. Hi wants to be 'Catcher in the rye' - the man who saves children from falling, falling into the adulthood.
In my opinion it's not about that Holden does'nt want to grow up, he know that ge is growing up right now and he sees how painful and hard it is, so he wants to protect ever little kid from what he finds so harmful.
Just a subjective opinion:) (less)
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least OnceIn my opinion it's not about that Holden does'nt want to grow up, he know that ge is growing up right now and he sees how painful and hard it is, so he wants to protect ever little kid from what he finds so harmful.
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Jul 01, 2011mark monday rated it it was amazingCatcher In The Rye Summary
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today i am 15 years old. everything is all bullshit, as usual. i can't believe how fucked everything is around me. like i'm surrounded by zombies. i can't talk to any of my so-called friends, i can't talk to jamie, i can't talk to my parents. who would bother listening anyway. i cannot wait to leave orange county! this place makes me fucking sick. everyone is a hypocrite. everything is so goddamn bright and shiny and sunny and meaningless. FUCK, life is so full of crap.
there is one.more
Jul 12, 2009Matt rated it it was amazing · review of another editiontoday i am 15 years old. everything is all bullshit, as usual. i can't believe how fucked everything is around me. like i'm surrounded by zombies. i can't talk to any of my so-called friends, i can't talk to jamie, i can't talk to my parents. who would bother listening anyway. i cannot wait to leave orange county! this place makes me fucking sick. everyone is a hypocrite. everything is so goddamn bright and shiny and sunny and meaningless. FUCK, life is so full of crap.
there is one.more
Recommends it for: everyone but phonies and athletic bastards
I was worried as hell about reading this book again. The last time I read it was about a thousand years ago when I was just a kid. I was lousy with angst just like good old Holden back then. I really was. Now that I’m a crummy old guy I figured that I wouldn’t like it anymore. That’s the one thing about crummy old guys, they always hate books that kids like. Every time I reread a corny book that I really liked when I was a kid it makes me want to give the writer a buzz and ask what the hell is g.more
I read this book for the first time in the 8th grade. I had to get my mom to sign a permission slip because of the cursing. Before I began reading, I had so many expectations. Back then, I read Seventeen Magazine, and back then, Seventeen Magazine ran brainy features about books and poetry. There was one feature where they asked people what book changed their lives, and something like more than half said Catcher in the Rye. I think there might have been some celebrity comments in there, too. At.more
Jul 31, 2007Richard rated it did not like it · review of another edition
My theory as to this book's unusually polarizing nature: either you identify with Holden Caulfield or you don't.
Those who see themselves (either as they were or, God help them, as they are) in Holden see a misunderstood warrior-poet, fighting the good fight against a hypocritical and unfeeling world; they see in Salinger a genius because he gets it, and he gets them.
Those of us who don't relate to Holden see in him a self-absorbed whiner, and in Salinger, a one-trick-pony who lucked into perform.more
Those who see themselves (either as they were or, God help them, as they are) in Holden see a misunderstood warrior-poet, fighting the good fight against a hypocritical and unfeeling world; they see in Salinger a genius because he gets it, and he gets them.
Those of us who don't relate to Holden see in him a self-absorbed whiner, and in Salinger, a one-trick-pony who lucked into perform.more
If I could give this book a zero, I would. I absolutely hated it. Generally, I don't hate books, either. Usually it's a very strong dislike, and generally, I give them a second chance. But no, I will never be reading this book again.
In my opinion, Holden is the worst character in the English language. Salinger tried just too damn hard to make him 'universal', to the point where he becomes unrealistic. His train of thought is annoying and repetitive, and God, those catchphrases of his. Can someon.more
In my opinion, Holden is the worst character in the English language. Salinger tried just too damn hard to make him 'universal', to the point where he becomes unrealistic. His train of thought is annoying and repetitive, and God, those catchphrases of his. Can someon.more
I read the end of The Catcher in the Rye the other day and found myself wanting to take Holden Caulfield by the collar and shake him really, really hard and shout at him to grow up. I suppose I've understood for some time now that The Catcher in the Rye -- a favorite of mine when I was sixteen -- was a favorite precisely because I was sixteen. At sixteen, I found Holden Caulfield's crisis profoundly moving; I admired his searing indictment of society, his acute understanding of human nature, his.more
Mar 18, 2010Stephen rated it it was amazing Shelves: literature, classics-americas, classics, children-behaving-badly, 1930-1953
5.0 stars. I LOVE IT when I go into a book with low expectations and it ends up knocking me on my ass. Admittedly, this is tougher to do with 'classics' but it certainly happened in this case. I remember first reading this in school (like many of us) and not thinking it was anything special. However, having first read it almost 25 years ago, I knew I had to read it again before I could feel justified in actually reviewing it. Of course, I didn’t hold out much hope that my feelings would change a.more
Sep 24, 2007Madeline rated it did not like it
In my hand I hold $5.
I will give it to anyone who can explain the plot of this book (or why there is no plot) and make me understand why the hell people think it's so amazing.
May 26, 2007J.G. Keely rated it it was ok · review of another editionI will give it to anyone who can explain the plot of this book (or why there is no plot) and make me understand why the hell people think it's so amazing.
Shelves: america, contemporary-fiction, novel, reviewed
Sometimes truth isn't just stranger than fiction, it's also more interesting and better plotted. Salinger helped to pioneer a genre where fiction was deliberately less remarkable than reality. His protagonist says little, does little, and thinks little, and yet Salinger doesn't string Holden up as a satire of deluded self-obsessives, he is rather the epic archetype of the boring, yet self-important depressive.
I've taken the subway and had prolonged conversations on the street with prostitutes (n.more
I've taken the subway and had prolonged conversations on the street with prostitutes (n.more
Oct 01, 2010Haleema rated it did not like it
Well, this was a pain to get through.
First of all, this is a shitty way to start a novel no matter how you want to introduce your main character.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
That is easily one of the saddest, most p.more
First of all, this is a shitty way to start a novel no matter how you want to introduce your main character.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
That is easily one of the saddest, most p.more
J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ was published on July 16, 1951. It was his first novel. It became very popular among young adolescents yet not so popular with older generations. I personally thoroughly enjoyed every part of this book. I felt very close to Holden Caulfield, the main character in the story, as I read it.
Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy from New York, was quite unlike kids his age. He had no interest in being popular or social. From the very beginning he lets us into.more
Oct 01, 2008Ahmad Sharabiani rated it it was amazing · review of another editionHolden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy from New York, was quite unlike kids his age. He had no interest in being popular or social. From the very beginning he lets us into.more
Shelves: novel, classic, fiction, 20th-century, literature, american
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A classic novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection.
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Aug 16, 2008Ahmad Sharabiani rated it it was amazingThe Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A classic novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection.
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The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield, a teenager from New York City, is living in an unspecified institution in southern California near Hollywood in 1951. Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of 'The Catcher in the Rye' is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend.more
The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield, a teenager from New York City, is living in an unspecified institution in southern California near Hollywood in 1951. Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of 'The Catcher in the Rye' is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend.more
Jul 19, 2008Dan Porter rated it did not like it
Reading this book was one of the biggest wastes of my time in the past twenty years. Holden Caulfield's problem is that he is the biggest phony he knows. Count the number of times he lies or behaves like someone he's not and then try to convince me otherwise. This is not a book about teenage alienation. It's about a smart-ass who can't deal with who he really is and spends almost 300 pages ranting about it - most likely to a doctor in a psych ward.
Holden Caulfield is a mixed- up cynical teenager, getting kicked out of another prestigious school, Pencey Prep, in Pennsylvania, the irony is that this obviously intelligent, privileged, 16 year- old, is somehow flunking out, why? He doesn't care about anything, especially education, bored and feeling neglected by his wealthy, New York City family . At least Caulfield passed English class, he's always reading, his big problem, he's so unmotivated, nothing seems important to this kid (set in 194.more
Jun 19, 2007Melanie rated it really liked it
As a child, we are protected from life. There really aren’t many choices available, and we are certainly sheltered from a lot of the harder parts of life. It seems like children don’t feel the need for meaning quite like adults do- maybe because they aren’t forced to face the daily grind. There’s boredom, but that is not what I am talking about. Kids don’t really have to compromise like adults do. As you enter adulthood you could start to see things and people as phony or fake. Maybe not people,.more
What can I say?
that hasn’t already been said?
As I write this review, there are almost 2 million ratings on Goodreads and over 36,000 reviews. My friend mark monday’s review is better than many original works.
What can I say?
I wish now that I read this sooner. I’d like to know what my perspective would be from a younger self. I did not love this book. Holden got on my nerves, and I was more than half way through before I thought I’d like it at all. I was getting apprehensive, was I going to be one.more
that hasn’t already been said?
As I write this review, there are almost 2 million ratings on Goodreads and over 36,000 reviews. My friend mark monday’s review is better than many original works.
What can I say?
I wish now that I read this sooner. I’d like to know what my perspective would be from a younger self. I did not love this book. Holden got on my nerves, and I was more than half way through before I thought I’d like it at all. I was getting apprehensive, was I going to be one.more
Jan 05, 2010David rated it it was amazing
Okay. So it's like this. My not-just-GR-friend-but-very-real-friend brian called and told me that J.D. Salinger had died maybe about a half hour ago (as I begin this 'review'). This sounds immensely absurd, pathetically sentimental, and embarrassing to admit, but I'm glad I heard it from him and not from some animatronic talking head with chin implants and immobile hair on the nightly news or from an obnoxiously matter-of-fact internet blurb, commenting like a machine on how Holden Caulfield has.more
Sep 27, 2007Paul Bryant rated it did not like it
A spell in the army would do that young man a power of good! Or maybe a couple of bags of heroin. Anything to stop that whining voice.
Nov 28, 2014Lola rated it liked it Shelves: psychological, realistic-fiction, read-for-school, classics
Did you know that Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, held this book, The Catcher in the Rye, while he was arrested? He 'remained at the scene reading J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye until the police arrived and arrested him. Chapman repeatedly said that the novel was his statement.'
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Well, I did not know. Not until our English teacher introduced us the book and I had to make some research on it, that is. I learned curious facts about the novel and author (had to.more
Jun 25, 2014Lisa rated it it was amazing- Source
Well, I did not know. Not until our English teacher introduced us the book and I had to make some research on it, that is. I learned curious facts about the novel and author (had to.more
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Holden is the teenage mind in all its confusion, rebellion and irrationality, and in all its undefined hope for individual heroism.
If you work with teenagers, you eventually always end up asking yourself:
'WHY does s/he do that? It's not even helpful, realistic, smart, beneficial .'
The answer is that the teenager is in a state of transition, moving from the relatively defined environment of childhood to the jungle of the adult world, and completely without tools to handle that journey. Using.more
If you work with teenagers, you eventually always end up asking yourself:
'WHY does s/he do that? It's not even helpful, realistic, smart, beneficial .'
The answer is that the teenager is in a state of transition, moving from the relatively defined environment of childhood to the jungle of the adult world, and completely without tools to handle that journey. Using.more
Jun 18, 2008Chris rated it it was ok · review of another edition
**Included on Time’s List of 100 Best Fiction of the 20th Century**
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is what I thought about “The Catcher In the Rye”, and my reasons for liking it or disliking it, and possibly even how I felt about the work each of the four times I’ve wasted my time reading it, and all that 'Mein Kampf' kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. Also, I’d probably have to take the time to lear.more
Feb 02, 2017Elise (TheBookishActress) rated it it was amazing · review of another editionIf you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is what I thought about “The Catcher In the Rye”, and my reasons for liking it or disliking it, and possibly even how I felt about the work each of the four times I’ve wasted my time reading it, and all that 'Mein Kampf' kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. Also, I’d probably have to take the time to lear.more
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Holden Caulfield is a character many, many people hate. And trust me, I get it. He's a posturing hypocrite. He's a dick. I wanted to hit him in the face for at least a hundred pages. We know this. But he's a character that, for some strange reason, resonates with thousands of people.
Why?
Well, simply put, it's because he's written like this on purpose. But I think that doesn't quite get to the heart of it. Holden is a fifteen-year-old kid on the verge of an emotional breakdown. He's an asshole..more
May 02, 2010Nataliya rated it Why?
Well, simply put, it's because he's written like this on purpose. But I think that doesn't quite get to the heart of it. Holden is a fifteen-year-old kid on the verge of an emotional breakdown. He's an asshole..more
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really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: my-childhood-bookshelves, books-from-childhood-revisited, 2013-reads
'Oh, I don’t know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don’t know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It’s more interesting and all.”Yes, this review eventually will be about the book. My reviews always are. I'm boring this way. I envy the ability of my friends to digress in their review space and tell me a story which in some way was inspired by something in the book they just read, or its blurb, or - god forbid now, in the land of GR censorship of anything th.more
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Feb 05, 2008Licia rated it did not like itRecommends it for: spoiled, white, rich kids who feel misunderstood
Recommended to Licia by: 8th graade english teacher
I know there are people who thought this book changed their lives and helped them find their unique way in the world, but coming from a non-white, non-middleclass background, as a kid, I really resented having to read about this spoiled, screwed up, white, rich kid who kept getting chance after chance and just kept blowing it because he was so self-absorbed and self-pitying. I felt at the time there was no redeeming value in it for me. I was born on the outside trying my best to get in. I felt n.more
Jun 11, 2017❄️Nani❄️ rated it liked it
Re reading this purely for the nostalgia purposes.
Plus, it’s my first time trying it in English.
I don’t know how I feel about getting reacquainted with Holden in English.
Mar 03, 2019Matt rated it liked it · review of another editionPlus, it’s my first time trying it in English.
I don’t know how I feel about getting reacquainted with Holden in English.
Shelves: audiobook, buddy-read, mind-the-bookshelf-gap
In a book that many deem a literary classic, J.D. Salinger takes the reader on a ride through a few days of an adolescent’s life at the age of sixteen. Holden Caulfield has just been told that he’s flunked out of another preparatory school and must make the journey home to relay this to his parents. However, as this is not the first time, he is in no hurry to do so, and thus begins the meandering trip back to admit failure. In a narrative told from Caulfield’s perspective, the reader learns much.more
Sep 13, 2018Anne rated it it was amazing
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One of my new favorites! I had absolutely no idea what this book is about when I started started reading it, so I am more than pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed and loved it. However, it is also one of those books where I totally understand when someone hates everything about it.
I found the writing unexpectedly contemporary. If I wouldn't have known when the story was written, I would have guessed it only came out in the past couple of decades. So if the reason you haven't picked up thi.more
Jan 11, 2013Samadrita rated it it was amazingI found the writing unexpectedly contemporary. If I wouldn't have known when the story was written, I would have guessed it only came out in the past couple of decades. So if the reason you haven't picked up thi.more
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The great C.S. Lewis had opined - 'A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest' - and who, indeed, would dare contradict him?
I had kept myself away from the The Chronicles of Narnia for a long time, believing I had already outgrown that phase of my life that would've endeared me to this famed set of fantasy tales written for children.
Eventually, when I did read The Magician's Nephew, I realized how hopelessly wrong I was.
With The Cat.more
I had kept myself away from the The Chronicles of Narnia for a long time, believing I had already outgrown that phase of my life that would've endeared me to this famed set of fantasy tales written for children.
Eventually, when I did read The Magician's Nephew, I realized how hopelessly wrong I was.
With The Cat.more
Jan 05, 2008Jason rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Beautiful!
I had been somewhat hesitant to read 'The Catcher in the Rye' after snoozing through Salinger's 'Nine Stories,' but I'm glad I finally came around. This book is a work of genius.
The book is a 'coming of age' tale, but it certainly transcends the adolescent garbage that fills up most of the genre. The protagonist is 16 year old Holden Caulfield - depressed, aimless, and disillusioned. The entire story covers just one December weekend in which he seeks to find direction in his life after.more
I had been somewhat hesitant to read 'The Catcher in the Rye' after snoozing through Salinger's 'Nine Stories,' but I'm glad I finally came around. This book is a work of genius.
The book is a 'coming of age' tale, but it certainly transcends the adolescent garbage that fills up most of the genre. The protagonist is 16 year old Holden Caulfield - depressed, aimless, and disillusioned. The entire story covers just one December weekend in which he seeks to find direction in his life after.more
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Jerome David Salinger was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. Raised in Manhattan, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948 he publishe.more
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