The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2013
- This is a quick book summary and analysis of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
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This is a story about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He just got kicked out of another all-boy's school called Pencey. He comes from a wealthy family with a lawyer father, nagging mother, a brother who is a Hollywood writer, a brother who died, and an intelligent sister.
Holden really doesn't like phonies, which is basically all types of people that annoy him. And so he leaves Pencey hating most, if not all, of the people there.
He can't go home because he doesn't want to tell his parents that he got kicked out so he goes to New York. In New York, he stays at a hotel and meets more phonies. He takes a cab to various bars where he meets more phonies. He meets an old girlfriend, but scares her with his plans of running away.
Finally he goes home, but sneaks in to see his sister. They talk and she misses him. Unfortunately, he can't stay long and goes to visit an old teacher of his.
The teacher makes him a bed and gives him advice on life. When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Holden says he wants to watch children play in a field of rye and catch them if they fall off the edge of the field. Holden goes to sleep, but wakes up to find that the teacher is patting his head. Holden freaks out and sleeps in a terminal.
He thinks about running away, but wants to see his sister one more time. They spend the day together and as she is riding the carousel, he decides not to run away.
The Catcher in the Rye has a bad reputation in the literary world, but it really isn't so bad. A lot of the frustration that Holden expresses is what young men often experience. His opinions of the world are honest, but can be a little burdening at times. He is extremely negative and pretty much gets irritated by everything and everyone.
The narrative style of the novel is interesting as it uses second-person. The references to "you" as the reader make it feel like Holden is speaking to you, making the story more personable.
Looking at the story arc, not a lot happens in terms of real life events. But what fills in the gap between or during these events are the stories that Holden shares. He refers to a lot of the people from his past, including old teachers, students, and family.
I'm sure all guys can relate to Holden a little. So if you think you're a smart aleck that hates how fake people are and you have life all figured out before you're 25, sorry, but Holden probably thinks you're a phony.
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bless u. i have to read this in an hour.
Great book, I read it and it’s amazing. You can really connect with the book at times
It's an interesting read. We'll see if it can stand the test of time.
I love this book and I adore the last sentence of the last chapter.
I believe this is the most amazing fiction book I have read. and I have read thousands. I will say though I rarely read fiction now but I picked this book from my sister in laws small collection and read it in two days, Yes Holden had issues but It was his insecurity with intelligence, It so much reminded myself at sixteen... soul food, brain food, to read this you will learn a little about yourself..
After watching your vlog.I wouldn't read this book if my life depended on it!? Truth be told i'm actually very knowledgeable regarding this book!! I actually did read the cliff notes! I also pulled of a B+ on my paper!! I know right! Having texted that it was one of the longest cliff note readings of my life & I've slammed some C. notes!!! ;) Grrrrr.
thanks, have an essay due in 2 days and I haven't even read the first page of the book.
best manga 10/10 when next season coming out the plot is amazing, of course, the artwork is magnificent epic fighting scenes best pantie shots 10/10 would read again no joke!
Loved it!
Holdens experiences aren't average teenage experiences. They're actually belonging to a rather rare mindset belonging to people who understand others more than they think ^_^
My controversial 2 cents.
You forgot about Stradlater, Ackley, the two nuns, Jane Gallagher, Maurice and Sunny, etc.
Mostly everything important in the book
Lol I have an essay due about this in three days. And I haven't read the book😬
"i can't explain what i mean and even if i could" can someone explain to me what's that mean?
Instead of reading the book i just watch this
I can only recomend you reading this, this video is a summary of what happened in this book but not what you can take and learn from it. i read this book and it changed my life, maybe even safed it a couple of times. so if you have the time at you hands and are interested in some good literature grab a copy of the book and start reading (Life is strange is an omage to this book my tip is read the book then play the game you'll notice so much suff that referes to this book) holy i just saw your comment is a year old... welp
The book is a hell of a lot *better.* Trust me.
TheUserInTheRoom ok but like us this exactly what happens in the book
And i loved it
Did you really mean "personable" or were you going for "personal"?
personable, personification etc. these are words.
I’m sure many women also think this way
It was a minute 18 over.
I love these videos but I dont get why so many people seem to think that what holden was going through was a typically and almost exclusively male thing? it really isnt at all.
1:18 then how come it's on a lot of reading lists?
Probably because it's a classic and in the literary canon.
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you mean it had a bad reputation but young people who read it at the time of it's release made turned it into a classic overtime?
Did he forget about the prostitute?
I think he forgot about lots of things. The girl he loves, his roommate, his favourite teacher in school, his senior whom knows a lot about sex, etc.
Basically the entire book
Thanks
Is it true this book has inspired killings?
I don't think the book inspired killings. It has just been a favorite read of some crazy people.
Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon, was obsessed with the book. On that morning he purchased the book, sighed it Holden and set out to kill. When he completed the murder, he sat down to read the book.
A very crazy man
What its not when karanas brother died guys
One long minute
wow this was posted jan 27 the day j.d salinger died
Why is this book so popular
Part of it is that John Lennon's killer imagined himself as the character of the novel.
but it is also written in an incredebily timeless language. more or less timeless i guess it was released back in 1959 and the language and stile it is written in still lives up to this day. It also is just an incedebily inspiring and helpfull story. I got to take a lot from the book and i am deffinitly going to read it again
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@@thesecondUA-cam oh mustve mixed up some number... my bad
because it's about a teenager, and books about teens weren't too popular back in the the '50. Holden is just as important to literature as James Dean was to the cinema. They were both symbols of the teenage rebellion, and back then, teens didn't have much voice in society.
Thank you next l'm so fucking grateful for my ex
@2:18 still one of the top 10 greatest books of all time and don't even think about putting in the Bible in there 🤔
Whats the big deal about this story? sounds basic and quite silly.
it's cerebral... i thought the same thing as you, before i read it. IT WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED, in a very good way. it's a very good christmas book... a good NEWYORK christmas book. it always make me so nostalgic about central park in the cold winter time.