| User | Comment |
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Melf    | | posted 31-May-2008 3:47pm |
Noooooooo. No. Nooo.
I don't even like it that much (eh cynicism), but I don't find it offensive. |
LindaH    | | posted 31-May-2008 3:56pm |
No. I can't remember any details in it, but I remember knowing that people found it offensive, reading it, and not finding anything offensive. |
| ausfox | | posted 31-May-2008 6:11pm |
No, it's a classic. |
| Psychopath | | posted 31-May-2008 6:27pm |
While I personally did not find the book to be offensive. I would not want my child reading this book unless he were at least in high school (16 or older) because there is quite a bit of swearing in it. Also, I don' think that the main character's outlook on life is really a one I would want my child to share.
By the way, I thought it was good and entertaining book but I did not quite understand why it is considered a literary classic? |
bill  | | posted 31-May-2008 7:12pm |
I liked this book. I just read it a couple years ago. Compared to many more recent books, it's quite tame and not offensive at all. I think it has the f-word in it, and a situation with a prostitute. |
| Galomorro | | posted 31-May-2008 9:22pm |
No, I don't believe it's offensive. |
| kirst | | posted 31-May-2008 9:26pm |
I've never read it. |
| Pomeranian |
"quaint" is the most polite way I could describe anybody who finds "The Catcher in the Rye" offensive. |
| they |
It's not offensive at all.
It's also pretty boring. |
| JessicaWoman99 |
I have not read or seen this book to say whether it is offensive or not |
cloudhugger  |
No, it's fine. I read it when I was young, I found it...unrememberable. |
| Jody |
I remember reading it in junior high school and not liking it much. |
| judgescratch |
No. I don't believe the book is offensive.
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| Zang |
I read it when I was about 20. It was okay. I don't know what people these days would find so offensive about it. As I recall, the narrator says "gosh darn" a lot. Oh my! |
| Biggles |
I cannot imagine how anyone could regard the Catcher in The Rye as offensive unless they think that only carefree and innocent young people should ever be portrayed in books... |
| Cleo | | posted 13-Jun-2008 12:56pm |
I've never read the book BUT, I've seen the movie. |
| Biggles | | posted 14-Jun-2008 2:11pm |
I've just reread The Catcher in the Rye because of this survey. I can understand why people might have been shocked about it when it was first published. I can understand someone not wanting a 10 year old child reading it because it does mention sex a lot. I don't really see anything offensive about it though, unless you are the type of person who is always going to be offended by anything that isn't The Waltons.
I also thought it was a fantastic book and I definitely read it in a very different way this time. Last time I read it, I was probably about the same age as Holden and I found him quite repulsive (though I mellowed towards him by the end of the book). Reading it a few years later allows me to be a little more objective and see it in the context of everything that's happening to you when you're a teenager (which is obviously taken far into extremes in his case because he's also pretty messed up) so I could feel a lot more sympathy and empathy for him. I've read some other Salinger, but nothing comes close to matching this. |
| kcthedog | | posted 15-Jun-2008 1:32am |
I was bummed it didn't have pictures. |
| aquawolfy | | posted 21-Jun-2008 6:36pm |
Yeah, according to a lot of people I've talked to, Holden does have a mental illness. I forgot the name. I'll have to look it up again.....
But i did and still do find Holden to be a very likeable character. =D |
