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The Catcher in the Rye (Cliffs Notes)

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The only reason you would need cliff notes for this book is if you are lazy or short on time and theres a test the next day. Yet the cliff notes arent descriptive enough for you to get the whole book. I can understand needing cliff notes for the confusing dialect of "tale of two cities", or the background and analysis for "Brave new World", but going through the Catcher in the Rye is a breeze, and the book is enjoyable. Its one of my favorite books ever. Dont even bother with these cliff notes.

Despite the fact that CliffsNotes has helped me through one too many an English Lit quiz, I believe that this is taking it a little too far. Catcher in the Rye is, by far, one of my favorite books of all time, and to create CliffsNotes for it requires something less than academic foresight. Talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees. The entire point of J.D. Salinger's one and only published novel is that though we do need to carry out our schooling, education isn't there to cloak the mind into believing that regurgitating facts onto meaningless scraps of wood pulp. It's there to take the free thought that we have and expand it, so that we can better express ourselves, and not bury who we are behind a pile of textbooks. The specifics of the life of Holden Caulfield are not important. The generalities of the life of Holden Caulfield are not important. What is important is the ideals expressed in the book--not where Holden went to school, not how many times he mentions the hunting hat, not where the ducks do actually go. Both teachers and students of today must learn that teaching others and yourselves that this is all that's important is like building a wall around yourself. So read the book. It'll bring you to something closer to happiness than an A ever will. And hell, if you actually read the thing, you might ace it anyway.

Unlike CliffsNotes for WALDEN or CATCH-22, this purchase was a waste of hard-earned money for me. Pass unless you're a slacker. I love the actual book, by the way.

The Cliff notes helped me summarize the story in my mind. It is a consolidated version of what happens to Holden after he is expelled from Pencey Prep.

This is a great way to review a book read many years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it's precise presentation of the plot and the characters.

It's hard to believe but 40 years after the fact, I am finally reading The Catcher in the Rye. I wanted to see for myself what all the controversary was all about. The bad news? the book hasn't arrived but the study notes have. I admit to "cheating" a bit by reading through the study notes.

Compact discs available at half dot com, just type in "catcher in the rye , audio" and it comes right up. Great for the sight impaired or dyslectics.

This is one of the most boring books ever, but they keep wanting students to read it. It has absolutely no value and is boring as can be.

I never received the book. I was very disappointed but a received a prompt refund!

The CliffsNotes are very helpful in its explanation(s) of the chapters and characters. I especially found the literary summaries helpful.