Favorite book of the three and why!

The three books I read for summer reading were Old Man and the Sea, Grapes of Wrath, and Catcher in the Rye. There were things about each book that I did like. I liked how in Old Man and the Sea it had a strong message of how strength can come from other places besides just the gym. I liked how in Grapes of Wrath the author allowed the story to have huge amounts of detail and depth that made the story very well rounded. I liked how in the Catcher in the Rye the story was very relate-able and easy to understand. I loved how all three books had that timeless essence to them that allows them to be favorites for many many years. Although I did have things I liked about all of them, my all time favorite was Old Man and the Sea. The book was just all around good to me. There were things here and there that I would have changed but they were so little in comparison to the things I liked. I loved how the younger boy was the strength to Santiago when he needed it most. I also likes how there was a lot of symbols and repetition throughout the book. This gave it a more emotional appeal to me as the reader. The meaning behind it all and the message it gave was so good that the book couldn't be beat by the other two. The runner up would probably have to be Grapes of Wrath just because of the amount of detail the book had. Although this was kind of boring at times there was just so much to the book that it gave a lot of ways to relate no matter who you were. The third book Catcher in the Rye was not my least favorite because I didn't like it or anything, it just wasn't quite as good as the other two. All in all, all three of the books were worth reading and I learned something from each of them.