Analysis Of The Catcher In The Rye By J. D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger’s book, The Catcher in the Rye, constantly gets debated on whether high school English classes need to read it. Despite the crude language and R-rated stories, every high schooler needs to read this book. After the book gets dissected, the deeper meanings of the story come about and show the importance for reading the book. The first reason why all high school students need to read, The Catcher in the Rye, it shows people they are not alone in their frustrations. Unfortunately, now more than ever a million different kinds of distractions like; social media, the internet, drugs, alcohol, and many more are thrown at today’s high schoolers. Salinger wrote this book in 1951, an extremely censored time, and it instantly became popular among young adults because of the “realness” to the story. This book allowed them to actually see the hard aspects of life. Even though, life as a teen drastically changed since the book published, the connection still exists to today. According to the Huffington Post, “his frustrations with the disingenuousness of others, and especially his grievances about
Gene Kahane writes, “We all need to be Phoebe and look out for those around us, our friends and family and especially all the children everywhere. We all need to be that “catcher in the rye”” (The Real Meaning). Holden’s sister, Phoebe, teaches how to care for one another. When he begins to tell Phoebe his plan to run away and start his life over she never attempts to act with the cliche “consider the consequences”, she wants to pack her suitcase and go with him. After hearing this, Phoebe knew he needed support at the moment, not someone to bring him back to reality. All around the world, people need to learn from Phoebe because occasionally people need someone to join them in their irrational behavior, not someone to make them come back to