The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is deffinately an interesting book. The tone is pretty rough, so it makes it a different read than what I am used to. However, it is refreshing as a good way to spend spare hours reading. The protagonist has an interesting view on life, and although I haven't read very far, (or more specifically am allowed to write about) I can tell that he has a pretty tough life and some trickey situations to deal with.

 

The setting of this novel is in New York city, out on the streets. The protagonist pretty much runs away and lives of his street smarts in the city. He also drinks as a minor and finds many ways to get around his age difference to do this. The people he meets so far are not the cleanest, more educated, and most polite by far. He is learning to deal with new kinds of people and react to them in the new situations in the book.

 

This novel reminds me of the book Crank. Kids out on the street, illeagly doing drugs. Just like how the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye drinks under age. Both tell how innocent teenagers become mature in the sense that they no longer act as young teens.  They are not adults, in the way they act, but loose some inocence. Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, also, in that way. I think it's really sad, when good kids turn to alcohol and drugs, like they do in The Catcher in the Rye and Crank.

 

I would really enjoy making a poster with a scene to describe the theme of the book symbolically. Although I am not the greatest artist by any means, I think it would be fun and interesting to see other people artwork on their novel.

 

Alena