Did you see something in this comment that didn't meet our terms and conditions? If so, thanks for letting us know. If you inadvertently reached this page, you can use your browsers "back" button to get back on track.
Keep in mind that this form is intended only for reporting comments that violate our terms and conditions. Your report will not be published on the website and will not be sent to the comment author.
You are reporting a comment on the following title:
The book, the Catcher in the Rye, is a must read. For those you who don't know, this book is about a sixteen-year-old boy who just got expelled from school for having bad grades. The boy, Holden Caulfield, narrates the story over a couple of days. Throughout the book he uses snappy language and phrases that have caused the book to be on banned book lists. This book gives a view point from a teenager’s perspective. Holden Caulfield’s perspective is not only painful, but it is also satisfying. As he is on his own for the couple of days, the reader experiences, the pain, he conveys in the book. Yet he keeps the pain to himself and makes it clear that he doesn’t want other people to know the pain he is experiencing. When he has a moment of happiness, he likes to share that emotion and the reader also can feel his joy. He captures the anticipation of growing into adulthood. As he leaves his Pennsylvania prep school and explores the world of New York City he encounters the phoniness of the adult world. When he explores New York City, it really connects the reader to a stage in their life where they had to adjust to reality pretty quickly. One thing about this book, it really connects the reader to Holden Caulfield and puts the reader in Holden’s shoes.
The Catcher in the Rye, is quite compelling. When someone reads this book, it’s usually a love/hate relationship. You either love it or hate it. This book does a good job by keeping Holden’s innocence at a reach, but expands his character by having him deal with adult experiences. When reading the book Holden reads a Robert Burns poem that explains the books title. It says, “If a body meet a body, comin’ through the rye,” but he replaces the word meet with catch and the point in the book when this happens explains a lot about him. Since I love this book I think the effectiveness of this book hits home because about the time I read it was when I was graduating from high school and was stepping out into the real world and what Holden went through, I felt similar. He goes through life taking one day at a time and has a roll with the punches attitude. I think by his attitude throughout the book has affected me in ways I never thought would. In the beginning of college I thought studying was the only thing important, but after reading this book it has changed my perspective on life. You should roll with the punches and take one day at a time because life is too short to dwell on things that have no barring on the next day. I think high school students could benefit from this book and even college students. Just give the book a chance and you will be surprised.
Terms and Conditions
We welcome your comments and ideas, but we ask that you refrain from:
Obscenity
Spam
Illegal content
Copyrighted material
Commercial solicitations
By posting your comments you are granting the good people of Powells.com the right
(but not the obligation) to make your comments available to others over the
Internet, and to copy and distribute your comments via other media, in each case
on a royalty free basis. These terms govern the rights and obligations of the
person posting comments and Powells.com; there are no intended third party
beneficiaries of these terms.
Posted comments are subject to monitoring, editing, and removal at any time.
Please see our Terms of Use for our complete terms and conditions.
Read the original essay by Donald Worster and save 30% on A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir.
You are reporting a comment on the following title:
You are reporting the following comment:
linschro, March 28, 2007
The book, the Catcher in the Rye, is a must read. For those you who don't know, this book is about a sixteen-year-old boy who just got expelled from school for having bad grades. The boy, Holden Caulfield, narrates the story over a couple of days. Throughout the book he uses snappy language and phrases that have caused the book to be on banned book lists. This book gives a view point from a teenager’s perspective. Holden Caulfield’s perspective is not only painful, but it is also satisfying. As he is on his own for the couple of days, the reader experiences, the pain, he conveys in the book. Yet he keeps the pain to himself and makes it clear that he doesn’t want other people to know the pain he is experiencing. When he has a moment of happiness, he likes to share that emotion and the reader also can feel his joy. He captures the anticipation of growing into adulthood. As he leaves his Pennsylvania prep school and explores the world of New York City he encounters the phoniness of the adult world. When he explores New York City, it really connects the reader to a stage in their life where they had to adjust to reality pretty quickly. One thing about this book, it really connects the reader to Holden Caulfield and puts the reader in Holden’s shoes.The Catcher in the Rye, is quite compelling. When someone reads this book, it’s usually a love/hate relationship. You either love it or hate it. This book does a good job by keeping Holden’s innocence at a reach, but expands his character by having him deal with adult experiences. When reading the book Holden reads a Robert Burns poem that explains the books title. It says, “If a body meet a body, comin’ through the rye,” but he replaces the word meet with catch and the point in the book when this happens explains a lot about him. Since I love this book I think the effectiveness of this book hits home because about the time I read it was when I was graduating from high school and was stepping out into the real world and what Holden went through, I felt similar. He goes through life taking one day at a time and has a roll with the punches attitude. I think by his attitude throughout the book has affected me in ways I never thought would. In the beginning of college I thought studying was the only thing important, but after reading this book it has changed my perspective on life. You should roll with the punches and take one day at a time because life is too short to dwell on things that have no barring on the next day. I think high school students could benefit from this book and even college students. Just give the book a chance and you will be surprised.
Terms and Conditions
We welcome your comments and ideas, but we ask that you refrain from:- Obscenity
- Spam
- Illegal content
- Copyrighted material
- Commercial solicitations
By posting your comments you are granting the good people of Powells.com the right (but not the obligation) to make your comments available to others over the Internet, and to copy and distribute your comments via other media, in each case on a royalty free basis. These terms govern the rights and obligations of the person posting comments and Powells.com; there are no intended third party beneficiaries of these terms. Posted comments are subject to monitoring, editing, and removal at any time. Please see our Terms of Use for our complete terms and conditions.Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
In accordance with The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, you must be at least 13 to submit comments on Powells.com.