Holden has a very rough time throughout the novel. He gets punched by a boy at school, gets in a fight with his roommate and gets a bloody nose because of it, and has several violent fantasies. Sexual content is one of the strongest charges against The Catcher in the Rye and there are several instances of it. Holden lusts over women every chance he gets, he witnesses provocative behavior through his hotel window, he believes that his friend Jane was raped as a child, and he believes that Mr.
Antolini, one of his old professors, made a sexual pass at him. Although there are several clear instances of sexual content throughout the book, Holden is a model of virtue remaining innocent from beginning to end. Containing sexual content is yet another absurd argument against The Catcher in the Rye. Most adolescents begin having intercourse in their mid to late teens. On a more positive note, many people do enjoy to work of J. Salinger and believe his work is a wonder book for students to read.
In The Catcher in the Rye , Salinger speaks in the language of a teenager. Hundreds of books are being banned every year in libraries and schools all over the world. This article was originally published in He has published articles and book chapters on obscenity, copyright, criminal procedure, legal fictions, and the history of the common law.
Steinle, Pamela Hunt. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, Edwards, June. Personally I loved the book. Not until I finished it though. I just couldn't stop thinking about that stupid story after I put the book down.
It's clearly not controversial by todays standards of course but then that's not the point is it? Yes Holden IS unlikable, I think he's a snobby spoilt brat, but that's still not the point.
I think anyone who is judging the book by the main characters merits is missing the point to the story. It is a great literary piece and more people should read it. I disagree with maynesly. My english class recently finished this novel and during a discussion, many of us were able to make personal connections to the way that Holden was feeling or acting.
This novel is still very accurate, at least for my class. This book is NOT important. At least, not anymore. This book is taught to teens for no decent reason anymore. He's not relatable to teens today, and South Park was actually more accurate about the profanity than this article.
The truth is, the only words that are even widely considered profanity are bitch and fuck. Also, Holden is a very unlikable person to a teen of today.
For Christ's sake, he's got an upper middle class life and goes to a freaking private school! HE chose to get kicked out of those schools, HE chose to drink and smoke, HE chose to treat everyone around him like dirt, HE chose to order a prostitute, and HE didn't confront his parents when he got kicked out of Pencey!
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Between and , The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. Few novels divide readers as The Catcher in the Rye does. Three of these attempts Wyoming in , North Dakota in , and in California were successful in getting the book removed.
As its title indicates, the dominating theme of The Catcher in the Rye is the protection of innocence, especially of children. For most of the book, Holden sees this as a primary virtue.
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