Joasia W. reviewed on 2/18/2014

Helpful Score: 1

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is a novel that requires the reader to think. I made the mistake of reading this book just to read it. As a result, when I finished the novel, I felt like I had read a sort of pointless story about a teenager who simply didn't care enough to apply himself in his studies or in his relationships. However, after looking up the meaning of the story, everything about Holden Caulfield came together. As such, I was able to appreciate and understand his story, a story about a boy who feared and rebelled against adulthood because to him adulthood was the equivalent of jumping off "some crazy cliff" (page 173).

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