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Holden Caulfield (Maj Lit Chr) (Oop) (Bloom's Major Literary Characters)

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I'm the type who could go on for hours about Holden and Pheobe and Ally's mitt and the girl who plays checkers and keeps the kings in the back. Everybody will obviously find their own meanings and understandings to these side reveries Holden takes us through. I just couldn't pass the opportunity to comment on the reviewers who said that Holden rambled and bored them in some ways. I wonder if these were the kids who had to read the book as assigned reading in a class they took in high school or college. I reccommend they go back.. cause I always go back to The Catcher and discover a new dawning of what Holden is trying to communicate to me. Try reading it again, it's not that big of a book you know. And maybe this time you'll see it's not really boring useless ramblings. It's a great deal more. That's the greatest part of this book.

To the person who said Holden "talked too much" duder .. that was the point! I'm a female in love with that book and it's like, sometimes all you do is sit some where and ramble on and on about nothing of any importance. I think THAT was what made Holden so real. He over-analyzed quite a bit, which I think a lot of self concious teens do. I don't think this book so much describes all adolescents, just like Siddhartha doesn't speak the view of every Middle Easterner. You can't write a book and say "This here story is one that every (-fill-in-space-) can identify with." I personally DO agree with a lot of things he has to say but some of my friends think he is full of s***. Anyway ... thats my review :P

This is one book which is close to reality, a book which relates to you ,as if i would have written this book if i ever had the guts to run away , to stay alone depressed and all . its hard to forget what your past was all the kids you meet may be good may be bad may be some you hated but its like you remember certain moments of certain days not that somthing special happened that day may be nothing happened but still you can picture it . Holden's character is one to which all the youths can identify with . I did not get the meaning of the title till Holden tells Phobey about what he wants to be , "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE".I probably want to be ,i don't know what but somebody different somebody good , a person who has certain amount of "HUMAN TOUCH". It is just that i seem to lose my way like holden. Holden was a dreamer , a child depressed by the circumstances . Its the best book i ever read or probably will ever read , definately no.1 book of all times.

Here's why it's so good...we all believe in Holden as a character more than we do Salinger as a writer. The brilliance of J.D. - Let your star take your bows for you.

The book over all was a good book , but in some places Holden seems to go on about nothing. There was a lot of description that was not needed. I think Holden seemed alot older that a 17 year old boy. I am 18 and i cannot see my self being alone in a city all by myself and staying in a hotel like that. In other places he seemed really immature though. For example when he was in the bar and he kept asking for a little rum in his coke, and when he met the girls in the lavander room. I think the reason I think he was older is because he is street smart. He has the ability to survive on the streets, but he is very in experienced in dealing with people. He has said that he had been with girls but we know that he didn't. He was very interested in hearing about sex stories. I think he was a very lonely and frustrated boy who needed love and care. His parents were never there for him and he needed then very badly. He went over the edge when he thouht that that man was trying to be perverted when he felt his head. I think he needed help badly and finally realized that from Pheobe. The book was an overall good book that I can relate to because I know how lonely it is not to have a family. I liked the book and think it was very well written.

I LOVE "Catcher in the Rye". One reason is because if you've ever been 16 or 17...you may be able to understand. Being a kid myself, I'm sick of all these unrealistic TV characters that are supposedly role models for us. Maybe I'm just strange, but virtually nothing that these kids on TV come across are things average kids encounter every day in real life. This book is timeless... Even though a lot has changed since the 1950's, kids still struggle with the same emotions and problems today. I'm sure you'll like Salinger's tale of a confused boy one summer by himself in New York City, just starting to discover the world.

I have read the book about five times so far. Its an amazing book, and I always feel I relate to it. It has never bored me,and it is more then entertaining. I don't see how anyone could dislike this novel. It couldn't be any better.

Yes, a twelve year old could have read this book. In fact, I first read it when I was twelve, but it didnt nearly mean as much to me. If you are more concerned on seeming intelligent by saying this book did not have enough "big words" for you then you are just ignorant.

This is without a doubt the best book I've ever read. Every couple years I reread it and get so much more out of it. Holden is such a wonderful character. I think we all have a bit of him in us. This book is vital to the development of each human being. Read and enjoy.

I find the character of Holden Caulfield so compelling, probably because I can identify with a lot about the character. He is obviously older than his years in many respects, but something of a Peter Pan type character. He strikes me as a person who doesn't really want to grow up, but also feels uncomfortable with being a child. His observations on people and their behaviour are just as valid today as they were when the book was first published. I'm sure we all know people who are very like the personalities in the book.

I couldn't put The Catcher in the Rye down, I was gripped. Mr. Salinger has done an excellent job of exposing the psyche of the adolescent.