14. Catcher in the Rye is more than 50 years old. Do you think it is entirely out of date?! I don’t think Catcher in the Rye is completely out of date. Some of the themes in the novel occur in modern day. Holden thinks much like many people in this generation. They hate the movies because it does a horrible job at remaking books and it is so predictable. The way the people act is much like how people act today. I don’t think society as changed that drastically in fifty years. I think it is a good novel for people who suffer depression or who have those dark thoughts when alone. It is a good coming of age story for most kids my age, trying to figure exactly where we stand with adults and children. It’s a confusing time for many teenagers trying to see where they belong and where they don’t. In often times it results in alienation, like Holden talks about in this novel.
14. Catcher in the Rye is more than 50 years old. Do you think it is entirely out of date?! I don’t think Catcher in the Rye is completely out of date. Some of the themes in the novel occur in modern day. Holden thinks much like many people in this generation. They hate the movies because it does a horrible job at remaking books and it is so predictable. The way the people act is much like how people act today. I don’t think society as changed that drastically in fifty years. I think it is a good novel for people who suffer depression or who have those dark thoughts when alone. It is a good coming of age story for most kids my age, trying to figure exactly where we stand with adults and children. It’s a confusing time for many teenagers trying to see where they belong and where they don’t. In often times it results in alienation, like Holden talks about in this novel.