CATHER IN THE RYE!!!!

Response 1:
I feel like I agree with the podcast. The Catcher in the Rye is a really influential book. At times it may be hard to read but it really captures the struggles of a teen growing up. The book clearly portrays the struggle of teens growing up into the adult world. Furthermore the book uses a lot of teen age slangs of the 1950 to better relate to the teen. Moreover the swearing and casual theme of the book catches the reader and the unique plot further engages the readers into the book. So the book is really attention catching. Also the podcast mentions that their view of the book changes when they get older I think this is really true, since when people get older people understands more and as a result they should be able to apply the thought more and better relate to the book since the readers will then have similar experience.

Response 2:
I feel that the author is pretty similar to Holden. I think in a way the author is sort of like Holden. The author keeps his emotions to himself which is really similar to Holden, Salinger keeps all of his thought to himself he doesn’t like to talk he is a private person which is really similar to Holden since they both don’t like to talk and keeps their mind to themselves. Furthermore I think that Salinger feels that people are often phony just like Holden thinks people are phony. Therefore he doesn’t like to talk about the people and people bothering his life. He those people are phony.

Response 3:
I feel that I don’t agree with the expert in the radio. I feel that some of his comments are not really true. He said that people can often relate to Cather throughout their whole life I do not think this is true. I feel that the world has changed so much now that it is hard for people to relate to the book, even as a teenager I feel that the book doesn’t relate to me. The world has changed so much since the book was written that we can no longer relate to Holden. The Cather in the Rye has failed to express a lot of crucial things teenagers face today, like the over use of the Internet. But I do agree that teenagers nowadays are more judgmental of people and phonier.
Response 4:
Perhaps has I mentioned in the previous response Catcher in the Rye has become to old for the teenagers nowadays to relate to it. The Catcher in the Rye was written in 1951, fifty years ago. At the time it might be popular and eye-catching to the teens in the 1951 but I do not think it is appealing to the teens nowadays. The book has become out of date. For example the slangs and terms used in the book are not common anymore, also a lot of actions in the book can not be related to actions teens these days do. Therefore this book not as appealing to teenagers as it was in the late 1900s. As many critics say many teenagers are starting to look forward to other books with more contemporary language like Harry Potter instead of referring to this old out dated Catcher in the Rye.