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The Catcher in the Rye By J.D.Salinger

J.D.Salinger was an American author , best known for his novel The

Catcher in the Rye, which has been translate into almost all of the worl !sim"ortant languages . #ven if at the beginning the "rotagonist , $ol en Caulfielstarte a lot of controversry , he finally became an icon for the teenagers whosemain ob%ective is being rebellious. &nfortunately , $ol en never a mits he can be wrong sometimes an this isone of the many mistakes he makes. 'n his o"inion , he is always right an thereis no human being who can make him un erstan the im"ortance of takingres"onsibilities . During a few ays of wan ering in (ew )ork , $ol en gets tofeel a lot of contra ictory emotions * loneliness , shame , love , frustration ,in ifference , carelessness , a miration an anger. At the beginning of the novel $ol en is e+"elle from encey $ighschool

because he has flunke four sub%ects an he hasn!t a""lie himself. -hen heleaves the hill from where he watche the football game , $ol en goes in the

be room an has some arguments an fights with his roommates , Stra later anAckley , a "im"ly an annoying ki . $e eci es then to leave encey earlier ans"en a few ays in (ew )ork before going home for Christmas , otherwise his

"arents will know he has been e+"elle .#ven if he oesn!t want to a mit it , $ol en feels really lonely in the big city

an that!s why he gets in contact with a lot of stranger he has a conversationwith the mother of one of this classmates , #rnie /orrow at the # mont $otelthe boy brings a "rostitute name Sunny in his room , but they on!t have se+

because $ol en iscovers he %ust nee e to talk to someone. The ne+t ay$ol en leaves the hotel , he has a ate with an ol frien , Sally $ayes anmeets two nuns while he!s having breakfast. $e goes home to visit his sister

hoebe , the only "erson $ol en has misse an the only one who un erstan shim , he! say. They talk for a while , not too lou because the boy oesn!t wanthis "arents to know he!s home an hoebe fin s out $ol en has got the a+ from

encey.

'n or er to avoi his "arents , $ol en leaves home an "ays a visit to an olteacher , /r. Antolini , with whom he has a long conversation about life ,e ucation an later he thinks he!s given a se+ual "ro"osal from the teacher , sohe rushes out of his house , without giving any e+"lanation. $ol en eci es not to go back home , he wants to run away , but when hissister eci es she wants to got with him , he thinks twice about this an hefinally gives u" he goes home an tell his "arents everything. The book closes with the return in $ol en!s "resent he e+"lains he has to go

back to school in Se"tember , but he oesn!t know if things get better this time.

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Quotes:0The more e+"ensive a school is , the more crooks it has 1 '!m notki ing0$e stare going into this no ing routine. )ou never knew if he was

no ing a lot because he was thinking an all , or %ust because he was anice ol guy that i n!t know his ass from his elbow0$e tol us we shoul always "ray to 2o 3 talk to $im an all3 wherever we were. $e tol us we ought to think of Jesus as our bu y an all. $esai he talke to Jesus all the time. #ven when he was riving his car.That kille me.0' i n!t have anything s"ecial to o , so ' went own to the can anchewe the rag with him while he was shaving0$e was a secret slob anyway , if you knew him the way ' i . The reasonhe fi+e himself u" to look goo was because he was ma ly in love withhimself0)ou take a very han some guy , or a guy that thinks he!s a real hot3shot ,an they!re always asking you to o them a big favour. Just becausethey!re cra4y about themselves , they think you!re cra4y about them too ,an that you!re %ust ying to o them a favour.'5m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. 't5s awful. 'f '5m onmy way to the store to buy a maga4ine, even, an somebo y asks mewhere '5m going, '5m liable to say '5m going to the o"era. 't5s terrible.0' hate the movies the movies like "oison , but ' get a bang imitatingthem678!! 9She ha a lousy chil hoo . '!m not ki ing: . That i n!t interestStra later , though. ;nly very se+y stuff intereste him.09

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0/y nerves were shot. They really were.0Almost every time somebo y gives me a "resent , it en s u" making mesa 0Sensitive. That kille me. That guy was about as sensitive as a go am

toilet seat.0$er mother knew my mother an ' coul "icture her breaking a go amleg to get to the "hone an tell my mother ' was in (ew )ork0' kee" making u" these se+ rules for myself , an then ' break them rightaway.0' shoul !ve wave a buck un er the hea 3waiter!s nose. 'n (ew )ork ,

boy , money really talks 1 '!m not ki ing!!0'!m very fon of ancing , sometimes , an that was one of the times. Soall of a su en , ' sort of leane over an sai *9-oul any of you girlscare to ance=:' mean most girls are so umb an all. After you neck them for a while,you can really watch them losing their brains. )ou take a girl when shereally gets "assionate, she %ust hasn5t any brains.0#very time they o something "retty , even if they!re not much to look at, or even if they >re sort of stu"i , you fall half in love with them , anthen you never know where the hell you are. 2irls. Jesus Christ. They can

rive you cra4y. They really can.0Then ' trie to get them in a little intelligent conversation , but it was

"ractically im"ossible.0All of a su en , on my way out to the lobby , ' got ol Jane 2allagher on the brain again. ' got her on an ' coul n!t get her off.0She gave me the big free4e when ' sai hello that ay , though.0' mean when she was talking an she got e+cite about something , her mouth sort of went in about fifty irections , her li"s an all. That killeme.0(ew )ork!s terrible when somebo y laughs on the street very late atnight. )ou can hear it for miles. 't makes you feel so lonesome an

e"resse .

0?esi es , he was such a touchy guy , it wasn!t any "leasure iscussinganthing with him.0$e was about the touchiest gut ' ever met. #verything you sai ma ehim sore.0They were e+actly the same morons that laugh like hyenas in the moviesat stuff that isn!t funny.0 eo"le always cla" for the wrong things.0$e was one of those guys that think they!re being a "ansy if they on!t

break aroun forty of your fingers when they shake han s with you.

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0Sometimes you get tire of ri ing in ta+icabs the same way you get tireri ing in elevators. All of a su en , you have to walk , no matter how far or how high u".0-hen you!re feeling very e"resse , you can!t even think.

02o , my heart was amn near beating me out of the room.0The go am movies. They can ruin you. They really can.092ran :. 'f there!s one wor ' hate , it!s gran . 't!s so "hony.0'!m a go am s"en thrift at heart. -hat ' on!t s"en , ' lose.' never seem to have anything that if ' lost it '! care too much about0' hate it when somebo y has chea" suitcases. 't soun s terrible to say it ,

but ' can even get to hate somebo y , %ust looking at them , if they havechea" suitcases with them.0Catholics are always trying to fin out if you!re a Catholic.02o am money. 't always en s u" making you blue as hell.0$e was singing that song , >'f a bo y catch a bo y coming through therye! 00' on!t un erstan boring guys. ' really on!t0'f a girl looks swell when she meets you , who gives a amn if she!s late=

(obo y.0 She was killing herself.'t was brutal. ' really felt sort of sorry for her. ' on5t know about bores. /aybe you shoul n5t feel too sorry if you seesome swell girl getting marrie to them. They on5t hurt anybo y, most of them, an maybe they5re secretly all terrific whistlers or something. -hothe hell knows= (ot me.09Di you ever get fe u"=: ' sai . 9' mean i you ever get scare thateverything was going to go lousy unless you i something= :0't!s a funny thing about girls. #very time you mention some guy that!sstrictly a bastar 3 very mean, or very conceite an all 3 an when youmention it to the girl , she!ll tell you he has an inferiority com"le+.02irls. )ou never know what they!re going to think.Anyway, '5m sort of gla they5ve got the atomic bomb invente . 'f there5sever another war, '5m going to sit right the hell on to" of it. '5ll volunteer

for it, ' swear to 2o ' will.0Sally sai ' was a sacrilegious atheist. ' "robably am.0That!s the trouble with these intellectual guys. They never want to

iscuss anything serious unless they feel like it.0The thing he was afrai of , he was afrai somebo y! say somethingsmarter than he ha . $e really amuse me.0' sort of gave her the ol eye , but she "reten e she i n!t even see me.0 eo"le never five your message to anybo y.0' i n!t feel too runk anymore when ' went outsi e , but it was getting

very col out again , an my teeth starte chattering like hell.

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0?oy , when you!re ea they really fi+ you u". ' ho"e to hell when ' oie somebo y has sense enough to %ust um" me in the river or

something.' ke"t worrying that ' was getting "neumonia, with all those hunks of ice

in my hair, an that ' was going to ie.0't!s funny. All you have to o is say something nobo y un erstan s anthey!ll o "ractically anything you want them to.0' thought ' was going to choke ea or something.0)ou on!t care to have somebo y stick to the "oint when he tells yousomething=09' on!t want to scare you : , he sai , 9 but ' can very clearly see you

ying nobly , one way or another , sor some highly unworthy cause:. $egave me a funny look.0The mark of the immature man is that he wants to ie nobly for a cause ,while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.0)ou!re in love with knowle ge.0' really coul !ve sle"t stan ing u" without batting an eyelash.0 'f you get very e"resse about something it!s har as hell to swallow.0That!s the whole trouble. )ou can!t ever fin a "lace that!s nice an

"eaceful , because there isn!t any.0' thought ' was going to "ass out col .0' was almost all set to hit her.0That!s e"ressing , when somebo y says >"lease! to you.0Don!t ever tell anybo y anything. 'f you o , you start missingeverybo y .

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