Holden Caufield Story
Never I thought I would be reading such classic novel. Until that I had a list of the most controversial books. The Catcher in the Rye is just one of them. I picked up in the bookstore not long ago. Some time last year if I am not mistaken. I didn’t have much time to read it considering it was a classic book. Perhaps I was thinking I can hold on to it for a while.
Until recently I begin to turn its pages. Slowly unfold. At the beginning, the story was being told from the main protagonist point of view. His own perspective. Which is really tough for me at the beginning. The author had this Holden’s thought. The stream of thought flushing out through like a flood. I admitted that yes, I put it up away for some time before continue it back again. I left the story when he just flunked out. Having dealing with the total fencing fiasco.
As I read on to the story, I got hooked on. Furthermore, I felt the angst and anger that contained within the antihero Holden himself. How he wanted to unleash his hatred when he felt that the girl that he like being ‘horsed’ in the story. The same stream of thought were projected in my mind. Nonetheless, the obsession over the antihero just caused me a depression. Emotionally not stable. In a way. To say the least.
No doubt the use of profanity and strong words were the part that draws the attention. It make sense when in the end that the sense of identity to become unraveled. No one could be an island. He was saved by the touch of his old Phoebe.
Of course it was a phase. He was going through his phase.
Overall, it was a good book. It has become since one of the top list book must read all time, for me. Although his piece of work seems to be jumbling up of the thought process. Just streaming all over it. I find it too symbolic with the hunting hat and stuff. Great piece of work I would say to Salinger. May he rest in peace. Though he might be the one still rejecting the offer for the film adaptation. But making it into a play will be much better, IMHO.
“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you’ll start missing everybody”.
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