The Catcher in the Rye

Staying on with Holden, the Catcher has been one of the books that ive come to think of quite often in the last year or so.

One critic said: " I enjoyed the book immensely, despite being asleep for half of it. I would go ahead and call it a masterpiece of modern times "

I definitely did not fall asleep anywhere in the middle. But this book can rightly be called a masterpiece. Felt kinda funny reading it though, as though there was no substance in it and yet i cud not put it down.

I remember reading it earlier ( when i was in 8th class or thereabouts ), i read about 2 and a half pages and threw it in with the old copies of my dad's tax journals.

One sample line from the book:

"I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all,
it'll say 'Holden Caulfield' on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and
then right under that it'll say 'Fuck you.'"

Another book i read was "vernon god little". Was like a watered down version of the catcher. Although, i have to admit the narrative was very good.

Another parallel that can be shown is the similarity between "to kill a mockingbird" and a recent book of John grisham's called "a painted house". the painted house is a refreshing change from grisham's lawyers and murder trials, it narrates a sequence of events through a boy's frame of view ( like scout finch from mockingbird )