I read the book by J.D. Salinger. I was told that the book is quite pointless and goes nowhere. I think that is precisely what I liked about the book. The way the boy who is kicked out of school keeps thinking different thoughts, that have absolutely no connection whatsoever to anything worthwhile. And the way he calls everyone around 'phony'. He wanders, he does not understand the purpose of having serious to the point discussion, or acting all intelligent and having a point of view on inane subject. He really does not say much in the book about ideas that change the world or about the world economy or any such.
Its just the way the mind goes. The way we wonder why a lot of things are the way they are. I dont know if there is a catcher in the rye for everyone, but I sure know that I am pretty close to one. I have not been expelled from school, but on many other counts I find similarity :).
Loved the last page of the novel.
"A lot of people keep asking me if I'm going to apply myself when I go back to school next September. It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you dont. I think I am, but how do I know. I swear it's a stupid question. "
and the last thing he says is that "I'm so sorry I told so many people about it (all the people and things that happened in the book). About all I know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about.... It's funny. Dont ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
:)
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