Blog 47

In the book The Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Sallinger I believe was trying to use multiple techniques to catch the readers attention. There was one imparticular that caught my eye. That technique was the characterization of the main character Holden Caulfield. The author makes him a very interesting character. The author also creates a special bond between the reader and the main character, Holden. He does this by letting you become so close with Holden because through out the whole entire book you are right there with Holden going on every adventure and daily activities that he does through out the whole book. I did like the book, The Catcher in the Rye, but this is not one of my favorite techniques that authors use. Some techniques I like are using suspense and dark/mystical things that happen in the story. The author of the Grapes of Wrath used more of the techniques that I like. Even though it is not one of my favorite techniques authors use. I still enjoyed the book and think that J.D. Sallinger did a good job in writing the Catcher in the Rye to capture the reader's attention and make the reader have a relationship with the main character, Holden. J.D. Sallinger, the author, did such a good job capturing the reader that I almost felt the emotions that Holden Caulfield was feeling by the end of the book! I think that was one of the reason that I enjoyed the book so much. THe point where I felt like I was sharing his emotion was towards the end of the book when Holden is watching his sister Phoebe in the rain and you can see that he loves his sister and is happy for her. I felt happy like he was. I really do think he was happy for his sister and was not just thinking about himself getting wet as he watched Phoebe in the rain(Salinger 275). Overall I liked the book a lot, and like J.D. Sallinger as an author!

When Holden was watching his sister, Phoebe, on the carousel, I felt the joy that Holden was feeling as he sat there and watched her in the rain. I think that the readers were also engaged in the story because there was so much detail. I think that the detail that Holden was sitting in the rain watching his sister made it much more apparent that Holden was truly happy for his little sister and he did not care about himself getting wet as he sat there under the protection of his hunting hat (Salinger 275).

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and, 1991. Print.