'The Catcher in the Rye' - Review of 'The Catcher in the Rye'

What about Catcher in the Rye that makes me wish that I had written it? Maybe it was Holden's crude humor or his mannerisms. Catcher is the type of book that makes me wish that I was with Holden the whole time from fighting Maurice-the pimpy elevator boy-or going on that date with Sally. Catcher in the Rye is the type of novel that I enjoy because of its humor, pictaresque descriptions, and characterizations. Standing on the hill overlooking the football field, Holden is bidding farewell to Pencey Prep and its students. He just flunked five subjects and just returned from New York City. When Holden introduced himself, he said that he's not going to tell us his whole biography. He wanted to let us understand that this book is a new type of novel. This novel would be much more different than the Great Gatsby or Charles Dickens' victorian novels. Though he's the narrator, he is definetly not the protagonist or the antogonist. He is not the character that makes you wish that you want to grow up like him. He is the type of guy that you just want to fight with him because of your compassion for his losses. We really felt a loss when he described the day Allie died or the morbid scenes of falling into a deep dark hole. The character Holden is very amusing because he always uses this sarcastic tone that makes you want to giggle and laugh. When Holden visits Mr. Spencer, his history teacher, he described Mr. Spencer's condition in a very amusing way. He described the old guy like he's this eighty year old dude who is ready to die. He also critizes his own essay in a very amusing way. Holden also has a heart and common sense. He invited a Prostitute over , but did not have sex with her because he knew that was not within his moral grounds.He also calls everybody'morons'. That symbolizes his hatred of everybody and the first step in his morbid condition. He would also attempt suicide because he is so devasted by Allie's death. Ordinary People and Catcher in the Rye are two different stories, but they part of the same puzzle. Catcher in the Rye explained Holden’s internal emotions, while Ordinary People focused on Conrad’s family problems for him. Ordinary People build and strengthens the ideas of psychiatric problems for a troubled teen in Catcher in the Rye.

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