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Mar 24, 2021
Being someone who doesn’t often read I found the book The Catcher In The Rye to be quite enjoyable. The main reason I chose to read the book is because my younger sister is named after the character Phoebe, who in the book is the perfect sister to the main character Holden Caulfield. The main premise of the story is Holden is kicked out of a school named Pencey and he embarks on an adventure around New York while he waits for his parents to receive the letter of him being kicked out. The book won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I found myself not wanting to put the book down after a couple chapters. I also like the way the main character is afraid to say what he thinks. The book is told from Holden’s point of view several years later. Holden is unsure about his future and is quite lazy, being the main reason he has been kicked out of three schools. However I think Holden is quite intelligent which is evident in the way he thinks. The book has frequent use of profanity from beginning to end, which is probably to make Holden's character more relatable to teenagers. Many teenagers are unsure about their future and I personally found it interesting to see someone else's struggle in becoming an adult, the pressure to succeed and get a good job. Although the book was published in 1951 it was still an “Instant Classic” for me and one I am looking forward to re-reading in the future.