The Catcher in the Rye- Required #1

The author is J.D Salinger, and if the main character, Holden Caulfield, is a lot like him this is what it reveals about him.

First off, this book is written from the point of view of a teenage boy by the name of Holden Caulfield and is in first person.

He seems to be a little angsty and rebellious. This could be him remembering when he was younger, or maybe he was still like that when he was older. I am not saying that he is an extreme rebel and making it sound all snobby, though. I just mean he definitely isn't extremely proper and doesn't try to be 'perfect' he knows that everyone has flaws, and is just trying to figure himself and the world out. He understands that he is and will be making mistakes. I love that about him. That he will just openly cuss and talk about things like how they really are. He doesn't try to coat things in sugary nonsense, he just flats out says what he is thinking. He isn't a "phony" is what I'm trying to say.

He is also very thoughtful and witty. Throughout the book, there are a bunch of thoughts like whenever Holden was in the museum. He was talking about cute little nostalgic things about childhood. It was one of my favorite parts of the whole entire book even just because of how he describes everything so perfectly and the little things he does to give out the most mini, yet important, details.

He seems to love childhood and innocence. It seems that the book has a lot of thoughts of loving childhood, again like the museum part, or the part of the book towards the end where Phoebe is on the carrousel. The carrousel part is the only part where Holden becomes really happy, instead of most other things that seem to make him really depressed. I love things like the innocence of childhood, so I think that is also why I liked this book so much.


Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. Print.