The Catcher in the Rye

Okay so I have this book I you'v heard of it.honors English. Odds are you'v heard of it. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger. I got it at the start of summer and I have to read it and write an essay on it by September 5th. Well, I'm almost done with it.

Fact is, I've heard nothing but bad things about this book. I don't know if it's because I'm a nerd or what, but it's not that bad. All you have to do is get past how repetitive Holden is. But I may just like it because he calls everyone a phony and I had a conversation with someone the other day about how fake the world is. Me and this girl were chatting up like crazy about our viewpoints on love, life and people in general. Fact is, we've both been emotionally abused and we just seemed to connect. She's the kind of person I'd like to know IRL, but really I don't like talking to people IRL. [IRL is In Real Life for those that don't know.] She's someone I wouldn't mind talking to. If, that is, I do a good job at not angering her. Wouldn't want her wanting my head on a stake or anything.

Anyway, after this conversation I found that I was more interested in reading the book. Holden's negative viewpoints and him calling everyone a phony really is true. But I also happen to think that Holden himself is a phony. Part of me just says he's as bad as everyone else. He talks about people thinking they're good at things when they're not, and then he goes and talks about how good he is at something. I'm willing to bet he's really bad at it.

Now I have to decide what to write my essay on. I'd like to do the topic on turning the book into a movie, but the book has so many of Holden's own personal thoughts rather than actual actions and words, and he talks about things so the movie wouldn't be in chronological order, that it'd make the worst movie ever. It'd be worse than when they turned Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Twilight into a movie! Some books are better as books rather than movies.

Anyway, that's all. If you've read the book I'd love to hear your opinion on it. And sorry for not posting anything all summer long. I've been addicted to Quizazz. Erm, Quotev, I guess, as it's now called. I still am and hopefully it'll calm down when school starts. Send me a message if you have an account. Or email me at Hetalia.Texas@hotmail.com
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