Catcher in the Rye: It is often hard for a person to comprehend another
person’s point of view. Too often a bias prevents this person from really
listening and understanding the argument another person is trying to make. The
novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a classic and infamous
novel.
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Catcher in the Rye Essay
It is often hard for a person to comprehend another person’s point of view.
Too often a bias prevents this person from really listening and understanding
the argument another person is trying to make. The novel, The Catcher in the
Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a classic and infamous novel. This novel’s infamy is
due, in large part, to its protagonist’s use of slang and profanity throughout
the book. The slang and the profanity are not without reason though. To better
understand Holden, as a person, the reader to know him in a more personal way.
Holden must use the slang and the rather foul language that he does for the
novel to succeed as a powerful and truthful testimonial to all of the phoniness
in the world.
The only true personal glimpse that the reader has of Holden is when he uses
slang and cursing. Readers sense that he is laid back with his casual, sarcastic
“very big deal” (3), and passionate about his emotions “I wouldn’t visit
that sunuvabitch Morrow for all the dough in the world, even if I was desperate”
(58). The readers, although they may object to Holden’s use of slang, such as
corny, phony, and dopey, tend to relate better when they have a narrator and a
protaginst that can speak to everyone as though he is a real person, and not
just a character in a book.
Holden has such strong emotions that it would not be appropriate for him to
try and shove them all into simple phrases. Holden needs to yell his ideas out
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