The catcher in the rye is a novel written by J. D. Salinger. I read it over the summer. It’s about someone that seemed to be a bad boy since he has done lots of things that teenagers shouldn’t be doing, but actually he’s a good person inside him… After I finish it, I really think it’s a book that worth reading.
In my opinion, I strongly support teenagers to read the catcher in the rye. Because firstly, this book is one of the world famous novels, and the importance of reading this book is significant. Secondly, I think this book is easy to understand since the writer used a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield, as the narrator of the book, so that the language he used was very similar to what teenagers always say and what teenagers always think. And also I think the story is very interesting because within the three days time, he experienced different things, all the good things and also the bad things. While I was reading it, the story surprised me a lot. Thirdly, the idea that revealed from this book is very good for the teenagers. The story shows us what’s a real world is like. In the book, after Holden got kicked out of the school, he went to bars, hanged out with friends and did different sorts of things and met with different sorts of people. He realized how phony the world is, and good things don't always happen. The only way to keep all the good things around is to protect them by himself. So I think by reading this book, teenagers can see more about this cruel and phony world. And I think the book can also be guidance to teenagers because it can tell them how to face the real world. Or maybe, make them realize when you are out there; you have to depend on your own. That’s why I think teenagers should read it.
However, I can’t say it’s absolutely perfect because when I was reading the book, I found many bad words in it. In every chapter, I saw words like “Goddam” “Bastard” “Chrissake” “fuck” and so on. I’m aware that those are bad words and I don’t really know why he wrote things like that. But I assume they are just expressions of how much he hated this phony world. Also, another defect was that, back in the 70s, many teachers in United States has been forced to resign because they used this book in class with students. Moreover, some college universities’ libraries even have banned this book. However, later on, the society started to realize the value of this book so that they unbanned this book and thought it’s a book that every teenager in United States should read it.
Despite the book isn’t perfect, I still think the message that was revealed in this book was quite helpful for teenagers. I really feel teenagers can learn much from just reading this book. So I agree that teenagers should definitely read this book.
In my opinion, I strongly support teenagers to read the catcher in the rye. Because firstly, this book is one of the world famous novels, and the importance of reading this book is significant. Secondly, I think this book is easy to understand since the writer used a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield, as the narrator of the book, so that the language he used was very similar to what teenagers always say and what teenagers always think. And also I think the story is very interesting because within the three days time, he experienced different things, all the good things and also the bad things. While I was reading it, the story surprised me a lot. Thirdly, the idea that revealed from this book is very good for the teenagers. The story shows us what’s a real world is like. In the book, after Holden got kicked out of the school, he went to bars, hanged out with friends and did different sorts of things and met with different sorts of people. He realized how phony the world is, and good things don't always happen. The only way to keep all the good things around is to protect them by himself. So I think by reading this book, teenagers can see more about this cruel and phony world. And I think the book can also be guidance to teenagers because it can tell them how to face the real world. Or maybe, make them realize when you are out there; you have to depend on your own. That’s why I think teenagers should read it.
However, I can’t say it’s absolutely perfect because when I was reading the book, I found many bad words in it. In every chapter, I saw words like “Goddam” “Bastard” “Chrissake” “fuck” and so on. I’m aware that those are bad words and I don’t really know why he wrote things like that. But I assume they are just expressions of how much he hated this phony world. Also, another defect was that, back in the 70s, many teachers in United States has been forced to resign because they used this book in class with students. Moreover, some college universities’ libraries even have banned this book. However, later on, the society started to realize the value of this book so that they unbanned this book and thought it’s a book that every teenager in United States should read it.
Despite the book isn’t perfect, I still think the message that was revealed in this book was quite helpful for teenagers. I really feel teenagers can learn much from just reading this book. So I agree that teenagers should definitely read this book.