Have you read Catcher in the Rye?

[InlineFour]

the only thing i remember about the book is the kid runs away and calls up a hooker to his hotel.

 

[jumpr]

Loved it. It's definitely one of my favorite books of all time.

 

[monk3y]

I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

 

[xtknight]

It was pretty decent among the books I've been forced to read in school.

 

[cliftonite]

Great book, thought I would hate it but ended up loving it.

 

[Mo0o]

I thought it was alright, wasn't as gripping as I would have hoped but still a good read

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I read it in 4th grade but can't remember much about it.

 

[TheChort]

Glad i read it, but i gotta admit that it was just OK
IMHO, one of the more overrated books of our time.

 

[cliftonite]

Still remember that it is a bildungsroman from 11th grade english.

 

[KeithTalent]

I liked it. Took me a little while to get used to the style of writing and dialogue, but I was hooked before I got half-way through.

I really think everyone under 20 should read it (well everyone should read it, it's a classic).

 

[Gibson486]

Does the book end with the little brother playing on a merry go round? If so, that is all I remember.

 

[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

i think you should write a letter to your school district telling them this isn't the 50's anymore :roll:

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

i think you should write a letter to your school district telling them this isn't the 50's anymore :roll:

Yeah, omg that is ridiculous. Where do you live?

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

why was it banned? i don't recall much of the story.

 

[ruffilb]

I liked it a lot.

If not a classic, it's definitely worth reading

 

[BooGiMaN]

i dont remmeber much abou it..except that he fanatazed about being the catcher in the rye..catching kids before they fell off a cliff?

did he or a friend of his die from a broken bone in it?

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: ruffilb
I liked it a lot.

If not a classic, it's definitely worth reading

mostly for the cursing and sexual themes

 

[DainBramaged]

Early emo material.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Early emo material.

:laugh:

 

[DAGTA]

I've read it twice and hated it both times.

 

[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

i think you should write a letter to your school district telling them this isn't the 50's anymore :roll:

Yeah, omg that is ridiculous. Where do you live?

I am in Maryland and I haven't any idea why it got banned. While I don't recall much about it, I do recall that I liked it. Heck, when I was in HS, we read Voltaire's Candide (which was quite risque).

Funny thing is, the school's still include To Kill a Mockingbird in their curricumlum and that has racist themes in it.

So in answer to your question, I don't know why it was banned. Too weird. I never bothered investigating because there are so many OTHER books that my kids have been required to read.

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
I've read it twice and hated it both times.

so umm why did you read it a second time...

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

I think it got banned in my area since I was in school.

i think you should write a letter to your school district telling them this isn't the 50's anymore :roll:

Yeah, omg that is ridiculous. Where do you live?

I am in Maryland and I haven't any idea why it got banned. While I don't recall much about it, I do recall that I liked it. Heck, when I was in HS, we read Voltaire's Candide (which was quite risque).

Funny thing is, the school's still include To Kill a Mockingbird in their curricumlum and that has racist themes in it.

So in answer to your question, I don't know why it was banned. Too weird. I never bothered investigating because there are so many OTHER books that my kids have been required to read.

I do not think To Kill a Mockingbird was ever banned by any school. I don't even recall that book being very controversial either

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: monk3y
I read it a LONG time ago. I know I liked it then but I really don't remember much about it at all.

same. read it in highschool. can't remember a damn thing about it.