/lit/ - Literature

ITT: Books that ruined an entire generation

What do you guys think of Holden Caufield? Why didn't he fuck the prostitute?

>>20528027
Anyone who sympathizes with the spoiled brat in this novel needs to keep far away from me

>>20521499
>I WAS HOSPITALIZED YESTERDAY. OR MAYBE IT WAS TODAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER

Do modern teens still identify with Catcher in the Rye?

I don't know why people hate him, he's clearly depressed and mentally scarred for something.

you have to admit this is an iconic one, and for a good reason

I don't really get the part with his teacher. Was this interaction perceived different when it came out vs now?

>John Hinkley, Jr.
>Lee Harvey Oswald
>Robert John Bardo (the man who murdered Rebecca Schaeffer and stalked Madonna)
>James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King’s killer)
>Bill Gates
>Charles Manson
>the Boston Strangler
>the Washington Sniper
>Ted Bundy
Were all said to have had copies of The Catcher in the Rye with them or in their apartments. Why is this?

The first time I read this book in high school I hated the protagonist so much because I related to him and he was such a little faggot. I have not read it since or ever will

This was a comedy

What do you think about it? What are your thoughts on j.d salinger's work in general?

What are your thoughts on the novel? J.d salinger's work in general?

What the fuck did CIA mean by this?

What're /lit/'s thoughts on JD Salinger's book, The Catcher in the Rye?

>>18156662
>inb4 didn't really happen

1950s New York City walking simulator

What are your thoughts on it, /lit/? I think Holden pretty much sums up the typical 4chan users. But overall a great read and definitely stands the test of time

Why did he rape his sister?

Is this book actually good? I'm reading it for the fourth time and I can't tell anymore.

In 1960, a teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma was fired for assigning the novel in class; however, she was later reinstated.[31] Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States.[32] The book was briefly banned in the Issaquah, Washington, high schools in 1978 when three members of the School Board alleged the book was part of an "overall communist plot."[33] This ban did not last long, and the offended board members were immediately recalled and removed in a special election.[34] In 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States.[35] According to the American Library Association, The Catcher in the Rye was the 10th most frequently challenged book from 1990 to 1999.[10] It was one of the ten most challenged books of 2005,[36] and although it had been off the list for three years, it reappeared in the list of most challenged books of 2009.[37]

The challenges generally begin with Holden's frequent use of vulgar language;[38][39] other reasons includes sexual references,[40] blasphemy, undermining of family values[39] and moral codes,[41] encouragement of rebellion,[42] and promotion of drinking, smoking, lying, promiscuity, and sexual abuse.[41] This book was written for an adult audience in mind, which often forms the foundation of many challengers' arguments against this book.[43] Often the challengers have been unfamiliar with the plot itself.[32] Shelley Keller-Gage, a high school teacher who faced objections after assigning the novel in her class, noted that "the challengers are being just like Holden... They are trying to be catchers in the rye."[39] A Streisand effect has been that this incident caused people to put themselves on the waiting list to borrow the novel, when there was no waiting list before.[44][45]

>>17302951
>no longer human, but shit and for pedophiles

Why does this book filter so many teenagers and pseuds?