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Read this in a sitting today. Still not sure what to make of it. It was entertaining, and improved as it went, so I enjoyed it. I don't quite see what makes it a classic, but I will stew on it. Thoughts?

>> No.16764111

>>16764107
It's a clasic because Holden rapes his sister

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>>16764111
Based and checked

>> No.16764138

>>16764111
trips of truth

>> No.16764147

>>16764107
>don't quite see what makes it a classic,
Ironically, it was put into the curriculum of schools because Salinger was a trendy writer who appealed to young people and the book was chosen specifically to please them.
It’s an excellent novel and half of the criticism it receives is from people who hate anything they have to read in school.
>>16764111
This was way over peoples head when it became standard reading

>> No.16764161

>>16764107
Read some of Salinger's short stories as follow-up to get a better grasp of what he's getting at.

Also, let it stew. You will understand soon why it's such a simultaneously alienating, inspiring, gloomy, bright, entertaining, and gripping little novel.

>> No.16764388

>>16764161
>Read some of Salinger's short stories

I concur. He's a great short story writer. His short stories are fascinating because he conveys in a few pages what some works take a few hundreds to say. And his short stories are haunting; they remain with you long after you finish them. And everytime you re-read one of them, you discover something you missed the one before.
My favorite one of his is "Just Before the War with the Eskimos"

>> No.16764412

>>16764161
>>16764388
Ok, just ordered Nine Stories

>> No.16764444

>>16764111
checked
>>16764138
verified
>>16764147
normies and subtextual analysis dont mix. this book is almost TOO rife with sexual imagery and the loss of innocence that its almost impossible holden didnt rape phoebe

>> No.16764468

>>16764412
Oh yeah, that’s definitely his best book, by far
Make sure you make a thread ranking them when you’re done
>>16764388
Yeah I always thought Down at the Dinghy was underrated because it’s really impressive how he trims his novel length theme down to a few pages

>> No.16764521

>>16764388
That one is my favorite too. I don't know, but it makes me cry to think about it. It's a complete mystery to me how Salinger was able to summon that much emotion from fairly simple events

>> No.16764526

>>16764111
>>16764138
The debate has been settled by the trips.

>> No.16764528

>>16764107
It's fucking garbage

>> No.16764542

>>16764107
Sometimes what becomes popular is more or less random and not necessarily a product of the quality of the work. There are probably plenty of novels written in the same period as Catcher in the Rye that are better than it but were never noticed or which have been forgotten for whatever reasons.

>> No.16764553

>>16764107
what is wrong with you, flit?

>> No.16765755

>>16764111
Can you expound on this? Haven't read the book in years, and was oblivious to this subtext.

>> No.16766076

>>16764107
in the process of reading it right now, and I'm enjoying the ride. I like the style, it makes it flow well and makes it hard to put down. That said, the thing where every character repeats what they're saying at least twice is getting kind of annoying.
>>16764111
Not even finished it yet, and I can totally believe this is where it goes. The way he talks about her is borderline perverse.