A pillar of many American high school English class syllabuses, J.D.
It seems the literary merit of this controversial antihero’s journey can’t long be denied.
“That’s enough reason to ban it right there.
They say it describes reality.
I say let’s back up from reality.
Let’s go backwards.
Let’s go back to when we didn’t have an immoral society.”
And yet, the book continues to land in the hands of students and this could be why.
Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around nobody big, I mean except me.
And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff.
That’s all I’d do all day.
I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all.
I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.
I know it’s crazy" (viaThought Co).
