It was early July of 2010 and I was recovering from back surgery. It was also the soccer World Cup, a pretty idealic time to have to recover from surgery, lying in bed watching soccer games all day. But, there are only so many hours of soccer one can watch a day and I needed something else to do. It's also important to note that my brother was going into 10th grade and had to read a classic novel as part of his English homework. So naturally, me being a bookworm, decided to read his homework: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. However, I had only read a couple of pages before it was taken away from me; I hadn't put my hands on a copy since until recently, when I FINALLY got a chance to read it. Fast forward to 2014: it was the start of summer vacation and I already had the perfect chance to read it. December 23rd rolled around and I woke up with a pretty intense need to read. I got my copy of The Catcher in the Rye and got to it. It was finished in less than 24 hours. It was a very interesting coming of age story so to say, but I didn't feel the magic I once had felt when I first opened the book almost 5 years ago. The thing that propbably bothered me the most was the fact that Holden Caulfield was kind of brute. He didn't think through his actions and when he messed up, he didn't own up to it, he just kept digging the hole deeper and messing up more; honestly this is a trait in people that can really get to me. Oh, and also, he's admitted that he's a liar, resorting to lying for even the simplest of things. The one thing that could make up for these traits though, is the unconditional love that he has for his younger sister. It's not apparent at the beginning of the book but towards the end, his actions are noticeably carried out for the good of his sister. “I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible.” Even though I didn't love "The Catcher in the Rye" like I had back in 8th grade, I still recommend this book. If someone asks me if they should read it, I will definitely say yes. There's just something about it, maybe the fact that it's a classic, that makes me feel like it needs to be read.
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