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Title Catcher In the Rye Author J.D. Salinger Biography J.D. Salinger was born in 1919. He grew up in manhatten new york. He went to prep schools as a child and went to Valley Forge Military Acadamy for two years. He went to Ursinus College and New York university. During world war two he was drafted and fought in the invasion of normandy he was considered to be very brave and a genuine hero by his comrades. Apperently he was hospitalized for stress during the war. He converted to Zenbuddhism and has kept mostly to himself for most of his life. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm Liteary info Drama

synopsis This is a story about a collage kid named Holden Caulfield. He is a troubled young man that gets on a train and leaves his collage without telling anyone. He goes through a long talk about his sex life, actually more of his lack of one because he is still a vergin and he gives his reasons why. He really likes this girl named Jane Gallagher her parents went to the same club as his and you can tell he really liked her because in the book he sits there talking about her for like six pages. Back to when he left he goes to this hotel dances with a couple of girls who he tells hes older because hes not old enough to drink and all that. After that he trys to get this girl because he wants to have sex and then ends up not wanting it. next he goes on this date with a girl named Sally Heyes. after that he ends up going to a bar and getting drunk calls Sally Heyes and kinda swoozes all over her over the phone. Then he wisits his sister berfore his parents get home and he tells her hes planning to leave she tells him he cant leave till he sees her in her play and he tells her he wont and she offers him her christmas money and he starts to cry from it. Then he goes to one of his old english teachers houses, whos name is Mr. Antonili they have a big conversation. The next morning is really akward for Holdenbecause he wakes up and finds Mr. Antonili staring at him. I guess I cant go any farther than that cause then we getto the end.

Critisism I think this book was very informative. It gave us a lot of exact details on what Holden did but it was really kind of dry it had really no like real interesting drama till the end. But i think it informed a lot about the teenage life.

This book was placed on the outstanding book list because it is very realalistic and gives insight into a persons life that may be like many of our own. I think it shows a good insight into the way many teenagers think and feel.Holden Caulfield is a young adult in collage and he decides he wants to get away from things for a while and he actually does it. Its a little like hes having a mid life crisis sorta thing and and he leaves his collage dosnt tell anyone where hes going. He experiences things common to teens even of today. This would be a great book for teens because it tells them that there are people out there just like them and that there not alone. It would be good for adults because it may give some insight into the teenage world again.

I would refer this book to those looking for insight into the ways of life, it is very realalistic, and shows the life of a teen very well in my oppinion. I think everyone should have to read this book twice in their lives once when they are a teen and once when they are an adult because it lets you realize a teenage mind.