Catcher in the Rye- What I liked about the book

The book Catcher in the Rye was all in all a good book. One of my favorite thins about the book was the fact that I could read it without ever really being confused. This was unlike the other two books I read for summer reading. Those books at one point or another had me slightly confused. I loved how the book was first person! This is odd for me because normally I hate first person books because I don't feel like I am getting the full story, but in this book I didn't feel that way at all. I think this is because the book was a story about only the main character pretty much. There weren't very many add-ins about anyone other lives but his. This made it easy to follow. This also made it easier to connect with the character. When you can follow a single characters thought about everything you can know exactly how they are thinking and feel about things. Giving the feeling of a bigger connection between the reader and the character because they know the characters thoughts. I believe the author displayed great writing skills when it came to writing in first person. Sometimes in books that are first person the author tends to say "I think" a lot. They just tell exactly what the character thinks by saying I think. Instead J.D. Salinger would write this ""There isn't any night club in the world you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. Or unless you're with some girl that really knocks you out." (Salinger, J.D. pg) By just saying exactly how the character feels and not putting I think, makes you feel like your really in the characters mind, because when you are thinking something you don't out "I think" in front of it. So between the authors writing ability and the relatable story line, the book is a good one.

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown and Company. 1951.