The Catcher In The Rye, relevant for our time?

'Catcher in the Rye.'

The Catcher in the Rye  by D.J Salinger is a coming of age story banned from many countries and schools. The book covers drunkenness, sex, and drugs ( pretty much the whole concept of growing up. )  in many school districts in the United states this book is banns because they feel that it  gives children idea's that they should not have. I totally disagree with the law that bans this fantastic book.

I would read this book because of all of the fun and exciting twirls it has to it. Through the book you will feel like a better reader, because this book in some ways is hard, but if you search down deeper and really try to find the meaning behind some things that Holden ( the main character) has said then you will understand a hundred percent!

The Catcher In The Rye has many loops, and many secret passages in it. Holden says many things that might seem just like crazy words to you, but if you really think about it, and really think about what the meaning behind it could be, then you know that you are truly a reader. This book is a great coming of age book for many children going through the stage of "rebellion" And I hope that people really give this book a chance through all of the crude things that Holden might be saying or thinking.

4. I disagree because this is a coming of age novel, which means that it is meant for kids that are growing up. This book deals with sex, alcohol, drunkenness, drugs, and the people that are against this book are just afraid of there own child ending up like that. In my opinion all children are going to experiment with these things sometime or another, so why try to hide them from the real world?  All you are doing is sheltering them from the inevitable. 

I feel that this novel is kind of a book of our time. Many kids already do these things, and some do worse, reading The Catcher In the Rye is not going to make a child any different, that is what adults are  afraid of, but in reality it is not true. Sheltering a child from the dangers and the excitement of the world will not stop him/her from doing it, if anything it will make the child much more rebellious. This book makes you think about deeper issues and  I think that's what every book should do.

I think that many people might be against this book because of the use of language, and the ideas it may give to young children, also the mocking of religion. Some people think that sheltering young ones will help and save the child from the scary features life has, and the badness in the world.You have to realize once that child is out on there own there mind is not totally molded into the person that has been teaching them all there life, the child will go crazy, and will go to parties all night, because everyone has to try things like that in life, if not you are not living for you, you are living for the person you were taught to be. 

My thoughts on this book may be difficult to comprehend because of all of the negative thoughts i have to say to the people who choose to band this fantastic book, but I 100% recommend this book to anybody who ever has the chance. I agree with this book, and I hope you do too. 

" Life is complicated. It starts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it, and it ends long before we've worked out just what to do."