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Is The Catcher in the Rye as captivating as its title? J.D. Salinger’s impressive novel deals with Holden Caulfied, a sixteen year old boy, who is expelled from Pencey for his poor grades, and consequently decides to explore New York City before confronting his parents with the unfortunate news. In New York City Caulfield reveals his view of the world through the characters.

Caulfield considers people like Ackley, Stradlater, and Lillian Simmons as “phonies” and “morons”, in which he repeatedly criticizes their fakeness and unintelligence. He has an obvious dislike for adults and sees them as a corruption to society, and his encounters lead to separation. Caulfield’s description of adults limits the perception of the readers and emphasizes the havoc in adulthood.

This negative aspect of people is not true for every character introduced to readers. Caulfield exposes his peaceful side when he speaks of his sister Phoebe, his brother Allie, Jane Gallagher, and the singing boy. Caulfield’s memories of his family regard his childhood and their innocence. The thought of Jane, an old friend, brings a sense of joy in Caulfield’s eyes because he contemplates on their angelic friendship. The boy walking down the side walk sings “If a body catch a body coming through the rye”. Caulfield states that this relieves his depression, and confesses to Phoebe he wants to be the person guarding kids from carelessly running over a cliff on the rye.

This is an exceptional novel written by Salinger, and I especially recommend this to young and old readers because it concerns both age groups. This book discusses the big gap between the new and the old age, and Caulfield struggles to accept his time for maturity. There is a point in a person’s life in which one has to acknowledge their transition to adulthood.

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