Do you find this book offensive?

Noooooooo. No. Nooo.
I don't even like it that much (eh cynicism), but I don't find it offensive.

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.

No, it's a classic.

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?

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.

No, I don't believe it's offensive.

I've never read it.

"quaint" is the most polite way I could describe anybody who finds "The Catcher in the Rye" offensive.

It's not offensive at all.

It's also pretty boring.

I have not read or seen this book to say whether it is offensive or not

No, it's fine. I read it when I was young, I found it...unrememberable.

I remember reading it in junior high school and not liking it much.

No. I don't believe the book is offensive.

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!

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...

I've never read the book BUT, I've seen the movie.

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.

I was bummed it didn't have pictures.

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