The Catcher in the Rye. Post 5.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

This blog is brought to you by the word: Whatever... because that seems to be Holden's attitude towards anything he does. His emotional spectrum runs from angry, to uncaring, to depressed with virtually no in-betweens. It is frustrating to read a story in which the speaker (also the main character) shows little emotion while at the same time completely revealing his inner most thoughts about almost everything he sees. It is like reading  a Wikipedia page. It really is. the speaker gives is view and what he thinks about it.

It is interesting, however, that a kid, still in high school, can get away with getting absolutely hammered when he knows he is not supposed to.

"I must've been drunker than I thought" (Salinger, 154).

There is not much to be said about what the actual point of this story is, but if I had to say, I would postulate that this book is about what can happen when people are unintentionally forced into adulthood earlier than nature intends for them to progress into. It seems that Holden spends the whole book trying to escape adulthood while remaining in the twilight zone between adolescence and adulthood.