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 Catcher in the Rye, a novel by J.D. Salinger is a story about a depressed prep student, Holden. Holden has been kicked out of countless prep schools. He gets kicked out of Pencey before winter break; the only option is to go back home. As he travels home he goes through rounds of alcohol and has trouble with women. Once he reaches home he talks to Phoebe; his younger sister. Phoebe asks Holden what his dream job was; saving kids from losing their innocence. While spending time with his sister, Holden realizes you have to let kids grow up even if they make mistakes along the way.…
The world of childhood is sheltered from the corrupt adult world and maturation is a sometimes difficult pathway between the two. The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, is a fictional novel seen through the eyes of sixteen year old Holden Caulfield after he is expelled from Pencey Prep. Holden leaves Pencey two days early to explore New York City before he has to return home. On his excursion, he meets prostitutes, nuns, his old girlfriend, and his sister Phoebe, while traveling around the city contemplating life and his future. Through the varying behaviors of Holden Caulfield, his maturity is shown to be stuck in a limbo between his imminent departure from the childhood world and his fear to move into the world of adults. Holden finds sexual activity intriguing in some situations, but also perverse and immoral. When Holden comes home,…
Catcher in the Rye chapters 1-18 Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has intrigued me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me, telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden's outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy.…
J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye is considered by Time magazine to be one of the best novels of the 20th century. It has been banned more times than you could possibly count – which is no surprise, due to the abundance of profanity, under-age drinking, and elements of prostitution. Since its publication, The Catcher in the Rye has sold more than 20 million copies. Its themes of teen angst and alienation continue to entice audiences today.…
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Scarlet Letter are classic novels that demonstrate sex, profanity, and racism, but what sets these books apart from the rest is the classy way they introduce ideas of sin. Teens of the 21st century are indulging more and more into inappropriate novels. Students are going to school where they are commanded to read books with mindful tactics, sexual content, and vulgar language. We need to help restore youths moral values, and to achieve this we should prohibit certain books from being read and reintroduce the classics alongside new books presenting strong values. Banning books is valid because we may be using books to enhance our children's knowledge, however, books often contain content…
The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger is a reflection of his own life being shown through a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield. Like Salinger in the novel Holden jumps from prep school to prep school not finishing each time, however excels in English classes. Holden’s life in the novel shook the nation with controversy and curiosity. Illustrated in the text it conveys extreme depression, sexual tension, love, and lewd language. Holden attempts to see the “phony” world through a new light, however fails due to the type of person he is, his troubled background, sexual confusion, family issues, and fallacious world we all live in.…
Holden Caulfield, a cynical and paradoxical teenager not ready to embrace adulthood goes on a journey to explore the phoniness of the adult world. J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye published in 1951 reflects on Holden as a child as well as an adult. His neglection of adulthood and his blindness on the innocence of youth presents a great challenge in his life. The bulk of the novel displays Holden, a 16 year old teenager who just flunked out of Pencey Prep fleeing to his hometown, New York City in hope of staying at a hotel for a few days before revealing his expulsion to his parents. Throughout his stay, Holden has unusual encounters with past colleagues, his former neighbor, his sister Phoebe, and his old teachers. From these encounters, Holden acquires different perspectives on life and adulthood.…
A banned/challenged book is material that has been removed because people believe that it is too inappropriate to read. Especially in schools. The reason books are challenged or even banned is that the topics the book covers are sensitive for people to handle. Such as racial themes, profanity, and violence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye would be challenged because it showed a child going through an adult life with vulgar language, sexual references, and underage drinking. After all the reasons why the novel got challenged I still believe that is should not be.…
A book is the best friend a human being can have. A book is never disloyal and a book can have the power to evoke a range of emotion in you that will echo down through the rest of your life, influencing your thinking and the decisions you make. There are, however, few books that resonate on a deeper level and that make you think and ponder anew everyday. Last summer I was fortunate enough to come across a book that did just that. The book was called The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Although this book may be considered quite a bit raunchy to most people, I felt a connection to it that I honestly had never felt with any book before. This was strange to me considering how often I read and how many books I have read and never had I once got that same feeling. After reading The Catcher In The Rye, I actually had to sit down and bullet point why this book gave me the emotions it did, and why I felt so connected. After doing this I found out more things about myself that were not apparent to me before. I found that I related to this book in many ways and one of those ways was sharing with the main character, Holden, the painfulness of growing up. I had realized that this novel could be considered a coming of age story and I compared Holden’s life with mine. Holden was sixteen and struggled to accept the fact that he was growing up and he was close to adulthood. He showed signs of immaturity, having trouble accepting society and the way we are taught to live. Holden feared change and was overwhelmed by complexity. He was frightened because he was guilty of the sins he criticized in others and because he didn’t always understand everything around him. He refused to acknowledge this fear because of his immaturity. All I could think of after analyzing Holden was: me, this is me. It made me look at my life and re-evaluate my thinking and my choices I choose everyday. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that a book, a silly book, could basically change my life..…
While the 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye has been challenged many times by school boards across America, it has also won the hearts of countless fans, who claim that the merits outweigh the controversial issues. Sailinger's most popular novel has been ridiculed for its use of vulgar language, sexual references, alcohol abuse, and violence. Although the novel contains mature subject matter, The Catcher in the Rye should be included in all high school curriculums because it is a classic coming of age story that students can learn from and connect to their own lives.…
Many people argue whether or not the book, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, is an appropriate text to be taught in American high schools. Holden Caulfield, the main character, is telling his story from a rest home he is in for therapy. He has been through quite a lot as a child, so he is extremely bitter about everything. Holden has been kicked out of schools, and put himself in dreadful situations, however he gives good insight on life itself. The Catcher in the Rye is worthwhile to be taught in American high schools because of the lessons and themes it teaches teenagers.…
The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye, is arguably too much the antihero to appeal to conservative English teachers. Perhaps this is because of his attitude towards schooling; the fact the novel has been banned by numerous schools and colleges for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality; or his self-absorbed and depressed like.…
Harper Lee published To Kill A Mockingbird in 1960. The book is based on the Lee’s observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The book quickly became successful and has become a classic of modern American literature. To Kill A Mockingbird became a part of the classroom classroom due to the themes brought up in the book, like racial injustice, rape, courage, and the destruction of innocence. Because of the use of rape as a plot device, a large amount of profanity, and the racial inequality, many believed that the book should be banned and not taught in the classroom as it would be harmful and would not be suitable for children. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird should not be banned because it contains great value by promoting equality and showing that what society thinks is not always best.…
J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is about a young Holden Caulfield’s growth into maturity. Caulfield begins the novel as an inexperienced boarding school student attending Pencey Prep, a private boarding school located in Pennsylvania, who is struggling academically and socially. After getting kicked out of yet another boarding school, Caulfield travels to New York City before going home. After staying in New York for the time period between when he got kicked out and when he can return home Caulfield learns the struggles of living in the adult world. As he experiences New York, it opens his eyes to the painfulness of growing up and he wants to escape it. A major theme in this story is keeping innocence, which is portrayed through Caulfield’s theory about the catcher in the rye, his need to protect his sister, and the red hunting hat.…