History+of+the+Novel

Impact on Americans of the 20th Century Teenage Reaction Why Was the Book Banned? Are there Letters Readers Wrote to the Author?
 * [|The catcher in the Rye had a large impact on Americans of the twentieth century] and today because of the books explicit content, and the face that the novel portrays Holden Caulfield drinking, smoking, lying, and using foul language, which caused so much controversy, and got many people upset that the book was released.
 * Mark David Chapman was the man who murdered John Lennon was reportedly carrying the novel The Catcher in the Rye, at the time of his arrest, and even quoted phrases from the book, to police when he was arrested.
 * This book had a negative impact upon our society when it was released in the 1940’s, because of the [|foul language] that was put into the novel, and the scene with the [|prostitute] that Holden was with, and the fact that the main character failed out of his school, and lied to people and called others phonies, and other names.
 * When this book was published teens had an immediate hit with teens. It was a [|best seller].
 * When this book came out teenagers were not exposed to how Holden reacted. Adults did not approve of this book for a variety of different reasons.
 * When teenagers bought this book they would pass it around to everyone. They acted as this was almost a bible to them the way they passed around.
 * Catcher in the Rye was banned because of its [|foul language]  and [|sexual preferences] .
 * This shows that Holden does not care about what other people think about his use of language.
 * You have a better understanding of Holden because you understand how he talks to people and what kind of situations he gets into
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some people think that this book was motivation for <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Mark Chapman] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to kill John Lennon
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One reader writes, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Salinger is a very odd person] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">who is isolated from society and doesn’t want any media attention. This directly reflects Holden, the main character because Holden likes to go off on his own. Holden believes everyone is a phony and doesn’t really like people, “he was sort of a nasty guy.” (Salinger, 19) This statement by Holden shows that he easily points out flaws in others which makes him immature by some standards.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another opinion writes, “ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I felt like I was [|missing the point]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. I don’t understand what about the novel has made it so widely celebrated.” This opinion could mean that Holden's negativity could have multiple purposes and some of these purposes are explained in these  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|professional and reader opinions].
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mentioned earlier Holden is just like J.D. and his character is still a mystery of sorts. There is an underlying purpose here. Sure Holden doesn’t like anything, but the true purpose to what his negative actions represent is that it isn't everyone else who is disfunctional, it is him. Everyone has an opinion