Catcher In The Rye Dialectical Journal

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I thought The Catcher in the Rye was a very interesting book. I enjoyed it overall, but there were some major parts that were a little confusing for me to understand. It contained a lot of mature ideas, like sex, prostitutes, and homophobia. There were many things that were symbolic in this story, like the catcher in the rye, obviously, and the carrousel. There were a lot of minor characters that affected what Holden did, like Stradlater causing him to leave Pencey earlier than he expected and Jane Gallagher, who is the cause of his fight with Stradlater. I liked Holden's character. He tries to be cool and slick, but he is actually nice and caring on the inside. I also liked that Holden was a good lier. While you are reading the book, you have