Catcher in the Rye :: essays research papers

The bumstop in the Rye---What was He Thinking?Nash K. Burger wrote a review of the book, The Catcher in the Rye, which waspublished in the New York Times on July 16, 1951. In his review, Burger idolizes thebook, calling it an unusually brilliant first novel. Burger feels that this book has wondrous language and portrays the classifiable teenager. He thinks that Holden has acheerful disregard and that on that point is nothing wrong with him. He also feels that Holdensmistakes are not caused by him, but by the adult world. This book is in all verso ofhow he categorizes it. In fact, Holden has is far from typical. The language he uses ispreposterous and he always jumps to assumptions.Burgers first thought that Holden is a typical teenager is way off. Typicalteenagers do not flunk out of check after school. An example of this is, They kicked meout. I wasnt supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I wasflunking all 4 subjects and not applying myself and all. T ypical teenagers also do notgo and quell in a hotel and hire a hooker, When I opened the door, this kept woman wasstanding there. and indeed ask her, Dont you feel same talking for a while? The last thinghe does that is totally untypical of a teenager is to propose to a girl and then start callingher names. If this is someones idea of typical, they need to re-evaluate typical teenagelife. Next Burger says that the book is told in rattling(prenominal) language. This book isabsolutely, without a doubt, filled with very vulgar language. There is absolutely nothingwonderful close Holdens language. Every other thought that comes out of his foreman isfilled with curse words. A good example of this would be when he went to Phoebesschool and he found fuck you scripted on the wall. This is Holdens reaction to theprofanity, It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little youngsters would see it, and how theyd wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally so medirty kid would tell them -- all cockeyed, about it and maybe even worry about it for acouple of days. I kept wanting to kill whoeverd written it. I figured it was some pervertybum thatd sneaked in the school late at night to take a break or something and then wroteit on the wall. I kept picturing myself contracting him at it, and how Id smash his head on