The story is fiction. It is a modern classic of the coming of age genre. The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, narrates in a first person perspective. He speaks in a typical teenager way with old 50's slang. He provides a commentary on the events describing what he sees and experiences giving us a sense of what is happening. The book was organized chronologically. In conclusion, the book was well written. For that reason, it was very easy to follow.
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.”- Holden Caulfield
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The story is fiction. It is a modern classic of the coming of age genre. The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, narrates in a first person perspective. He speaks in a typical teenager way with old 50's slang. He provides a commentary on the events describing what he sees and experiences giving us a sense of what is happening. The book was organized chronologically. In conclusion, the book was well written. For that reason, it was very easy to follow.
The story is fiction. It is a modern classic of the coming of age genre. The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, narrates in a first person perspective. He speaks in a typical teenager way with old 50's slang. He provides a commentary on the events describing what he sees and experiences giving us a sense of what is happening. The book was organized chronologically. In conclusion, the book was well written. For that reason, it was very easy to follow.