i've been meaning to read this book for years but i never actually had the time or patience. then Acey told me about that place where we can get e-books into iPod notes file(THANKS DUDE!).
this book is about 90 pages or so and was written almost 60 years ago but it has something everyone can relate to even today. it's on the 100 greatest literary works EVAR, a list made by TIME magazine. it's there! along with Alan Moore's The Watchmen. boo yeah!
the story is about a boy Holden Caulfield. he's been changing school sever since he was born. he flunks every subject (except english. he's actually good in it) and doesn't give a damn about anything. he hates everyone,... epecially "phonies" as he calles them. that's Holden, kinda like your avergae teenager... who is super pissed with the whole world.
the stOry is about him, with him narrating. you can't trust the guy, he lies sometimes. the events in the book spans 3 days(continuous) in the life of Holden. it shows what a teenager in 1951 did to get kicks. a fun read.
there's been mixed opinion on this book from a LOT of people, but i for one really liked it. i mean i could relate to the characters in the book and teenage angst has been brilliantly reproduced onto the pages. it's very hard to believe that all this is made up.
it's the most contraversial book of it's time as it had a protagonist (who's not exactly an anti-hero but yeah you could call him one) who swears(not up to the present day swearing standards but still), smokes, drinks and in short he's not a saint and is nowhere near a rolemodel for the teens who might read this.
then again, it's been very influential in the works of many people.
*the laughing man from Ghost in the Shell has "i thought what i'd do was pretend i was one of those deaf mutes" on his logo and it's what Holden thinks in the book.
*the songs of punk rock bands like Greenday and Offspring have been very infulenced by this book, says the bands themselves.
throughout the book you see Holden calling everybody (almost everybody) a "phony". i think it could easily be translated to "conformist". very punk rock and very anti-establishment. if that's so, it wouldn't be a wonder if punk rock bands weren't influenced by this book.
a great read and surely a very unique experince. ok, maybe the latter was because i don't read much these days. but still, it's the only of its kind from what i've read.
this book is about 90 pages or so and was written almost 60 years ago but it has something everyone can relate to even today. it's on the 100 greatest literary works EVAR, a list made by TIME magazine. it's there! along with Alan Moore's The Watchmen. boo yeah!
the story is about a boy Holden Caulfield. he's been changing school sever since he was born. he flunks every subject (except english. he's actually good in it) and doesn't give a damn about anything. he hates everyone,... epecially "phonies" as he calles them. that's Holden, kinda like your avergae teenager... who is super pissed with the whole world.
the stOry is about him, with him narrating. you can't trust the guy, he lies sometimes. the events in the book spans 3 days(continuous) in the life of Holden. it shows what a teenager in 1951 did to get kicks. a fun read.
there's been mixed opinion on this book from a LOT of people, but i for one really liked it. i mean i could relate to the characters in the book and teenage angst has been brilliantly reproduced onto the pages. it's very hard to believe that all this is made up.
it's the most contraversial book of it's time as it had a protagonist (who's not exactly an anti-hero but yeah you could call him one) who swears(not up to the present day swearing standards but still), smokes, drinks and in short he's not a saint and is nowhere near a rolemodel for the teens who might read this.
then again, it's been very influential in the works of many people.
*the laughing man from Ghost in the Shell has "i thought what i'd do was pretend i was one of those deaf mutes" on his logo and it's what Holden thinks in the book.
*the songs of punk rock bands like Greenday and Offspring have been very infulenced by this book, says the bands themselves.
throughout the book you see Holden calling everybody (almost everybody) a "phony". i think it could easily be translated to "conformist". very punk rock and very anti-establishment. if that's so, it wouldn't be a wonder if punk rock bands weren't influenced by this book.
a great read and surely a very unique experince. ok, maybe the latter was because i don't read much these days. but still, it's the only of its kind from what i've read.