As Holden takes you on a ride through his "depressing life," you go from reading about his stay at his prep-school to his stay in New York, his hometown. With each day, Holden exposes himself to environments full of sexual appeal and alcohol. Unfortunately, it has a negative effect. Instead of assisting him in coping with his depression, it tends to make it worse. It leave me wondering, "How does a guy have the nerves to stand up and verbally aggravate a 6ft 4 inch guy, yet he has trouble facing the troubles of life?"
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Catcher in the Rye Book Review
What a boring, yet interesting read. I mean it's hard to say that I "enjoyed" it. Yea, I did fall asleep reading it, but hey, you can't blame me for this Holden character blabbing on about his boring, "depressing" life. Strangely enough, I did find his thoughts and personal insights about each character humorous and quite fascinating. I mean not every book has a character openly conversing about a woman's sex appeal. Holden's random and unique personality creates curiosity as you are eager to find out what kind of acts he might pull off next. The way he aggravates other characters such as Stradlater and Ackley establishes humor, yet simultaneously, his constant nagging tends to annoy you.
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Hello good sire. While I do concur with some of the thoughts in this review of the novel, I feel as though you have failed to highlight enough of the positive
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