The “Catcher In The Rye” is a very straight to the point kind of book. It started off catching my attention where I couldn’t keep my head out of the book, but then as the story went on it kind of got boring because he repeats the same things over and over again and that doesn’t keep anyone’s attention. Holden is the narrator of the book; to me he tends to state his opinion on every little thing going on in his life. He’s been through a lot in his life it seems and he is sick of everything and just gave up on the things that are most important.

In the book Holden talks about how he got kicked out of every school he went to, the teachers that taught him say he never tries hard enough. It is true that he just gives up on everything or gets sick of it. He always has some excuse that keeps him from succeeding and doing well in life. Holden is always complaining about the way others act like he can’t be around them because he’s better than them or something. To me he is very ignorant to others, he loves lying to people and making up things to make himself seem more interesting. I think Holden acts this way because of his little brother Allie that died, he says he used to tell Allie everything. That was a huge part of his life that was taken away from him, I think he still isn’t over it. At one part in the book he talks about how he should of let Allie go with him places when he wanted to, he regrets for not letting him go. Holden considers himself the dumb one out of all his siblings. What bothers me about this book is how he never tries his best at anything he does, he just assumes he isn’t going to be able to do it. Holden always talked about his little sister phoebe and how smart and pretty she was, he always said she understood everything he had to say and that’s what he loved about her most. Since Allie died, to me it seems that Holden tries replacing phoebe with the missing pieces of his broken heart. Even though he loved her very much when Allie was alive, Phoebe for some reason makes Holden listen and act right towards others. He cares about her dearly and would do anything for Phoebe .

Holden couldn’t quite figure out who he was as a person, and his purpose for being alive. He didn’t try to get kicked out of all the schools he went to on purpose, he kind of got into a routine that he was supposed to do that. Every school he went to he complained about how much everybody was phony. Since when do you go to a school nowadays without people not being phony, its life your going to have to deal with it one way or another you shouldn’t let others bother or intimidate you. Holden was scared to let people into his life, which explains all the lies he told to people and criticism he gave. His love life was very confusing he never knew what or whom he wanted. To me he was very lonely and just wanted someone to spend time with. The girls he did talk to he cared for, but not enough to let them in. The only girl he would let into his life if he had a chance was Jane Gallagher, she was someone who you can tell when he talked about her he had feelings for. Don’t get me wrong Holden was a extremely nice kid, but he was an emotional wreck and cared to much what others thought about him.

In conclusion this book taught you a lot of life lessons. One was not to be judgmental of others. Holden judged everyone he saw and that’s not a way someone should live through life, it makes your confidence go up sure but it still isn’t right. “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” This quote was the last sentence in the book it really left a mark on me. I couldn’t figure out what it meant, but what I think it means is once you start letting someone into your life and then leave them its easier to miss them because they have a little piece of your life that you shared with them. In Holden’s case I think it means since he used to tell his brother Allie everything, now since he’s gone the fact that he shared so much of his life with him he misses him even more. That effect can stay with him for a lifetime if you let it.

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