Catcher in the Rye
 

Wondering if anybody has read it before. Ive got to read it for english this year already have good book in my opinion. But have a quick question. Im doing a project on it and I have to find some songs that match the Holden. So any suggestions would be great.

it was the best of times it was the worst of times

Isn't that Tale of Two Cities?

tom jones - what's new pussycat

is it? it's been a while since I've read any literature

Machette jerks off to it at least once a month

It cetainly isnt Catcher in the Rye. I can tell because Catcher int eh Rye was a fucking horriable book that should not be forced upon anyone. Let alone by an establishment trying to teach "kids" anything. Hell if you're going to force kids to read books for english, why not force them to read something actually considered to be a classic, oh like, A Tale of Two Cities, or Moby Dick. Hell where did Huck Finn go? Fuck this book and its "deep meaning". Next thing you'll read is Farenheit 451. I suggest taking a cue from that book a set fire to the damn thing the second its handed to you.

Also i did that exact project and just used a song that said fuck alot.

Streetlight Manifesto- Here's To Life

How did Camus really die that night?
Were they right, when he died was it really his time?
or was it suicide?
And Holden Caufield is a friend of mine
we go drinking from time to time
and I find: it gets harder every time

Back off
but your out on the street again
Don't you stop
did you know you couldnt swim?
Back off
until your on the street again
I'm not gonna play if there ain't no way I'll win

Well Hemmingway never seemed to mind the banality of a normal life
and i find: it gets harder every time.
So he aimed a shotgun into the blue
placed his face between the two and sighed: 'Here's to life!'

Back off
but your out on the street again
Don't you stop
did you know you couldnt swim?
Back off
until your on the street again
I'm not gonna play if there ain't no way I'll win

Hey there Salinger what did you do
just when the world was looking to you
to write anything that ment anything
you told us you were through
And its been years since you passed away
but i see no plaque and i see no grave
and i cant help believing that you wanted it this way.

And Vincent Van Gough why do you weep?
you were on your way to heaven but the road was steep
and who was there to break your fall?
we're guilty, one and all
And i dont know much but i do know this
with a golden heart comes a rebel fist
but i cant help agreeing with those that would not quit

And it makes me sick when i think of it
all my heroes could not live with this
and i hope you rest in peace because with us you never did
And you were much to young
and you changed my life
but i draw the line at suicide
so here's to life!

Farenheit 451 was a sweet book, fuck off

thats a completely ignorant thing to say.

i had to read a lot of great books that were "forced upon me"

Such as: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Catch-22, The Stranger, and Invisible Man

yeah, tale of two cities

the sale of two titties

HARK YON JEST FROM YE 19TH CENTURY.


AIN'T GOT SHIT DO NIGS SMORMBENS.

I just remember Holden calling everyone and everything a phony.

wait, how is it ignorant for forcing kids to read good examples of literature (which happens to be the classics)?

i said it was ignorant to say that all books required from school are bad.

rofl

I like the book. A true coming of age story, although the main character was a little to whiny for my taste. All in all a good book, one of the best I read in high school.

can you highlight where he said this, because i dont see it. I just see the notion that catcher in the rye specifically should not be forced upon anyone.

the Holden?...

[quote=anti]can you highlight where he said this, because i dont see it. I just see the notion that catcher in the rye specifically should not be forced upon anyone.[/quote:d6c39]

Sweet, even when im asleep someone who can read properly defends my point. +1 Anti, +1.

I agree with you 100%. rock:

Worst book I really ever did read. In fact, I never finished it. I read Notes from the Underground instead.

Agree

Nyck basically took the words out of my mouth. eek:

Im suprised you weren't taken aback at the fact that
1. I had a similar opinion as yours
2. I can actually read.
3. That I do read good books.

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451 is a book Id like to see an updated movie of. War of the Worlds-esque without the tom cruise.

Id be more suprised by the fact that you can read. ed:

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Wuthering Heights was a great read.....

i think anyone who thinks that catcher is a bad book, didnt get it...

i dont think its the best book, but it isnt bad...

Yeah most of my friends never understood the context of it either and they of course hated it saying it was to depressing etc..

it is. i just had to write a page from it in caligraphy.

i thought catcher in the rye was sleeping:

Hemingway > *

I read Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises just last month. Outstanding book.

Has this turned into the GF1 Book Thread?!?!

Here's what I'm currently reading.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679720219/sr=8-1/qid=1143161571/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:c07ed]The Plague[/url:c07ed] by Albert Camus

Next up is [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385334141/sr=8-1/qid=1143161601/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:c07ed]Mother Night[/url:c07ed] by Kurt Vonnegut and then finally, the biggest mother fucker of 'em all, [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374528373/sr=8-1/qid=1143161649/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:c07ed]The Brothers Karamazov[/url:c07ed] by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I, Sicilian_Summers am actually part Russian. In fact, my last name is of Austrian/Polish descent. Communism FTW!

Ah summers me and you would get along fine..thats some good literature right there. Trying to get my hands on Vonnegut's A man without a country but no bookstore around here sells it.. oOo:

I read that book back in the day but forgot what it was about. I really don't have time to read novels but i can't seem to put down a Clancy novel if i pick one up.

Had a hard time putting down "FlyBoys". Great book.

[quote="Sicilian_Summers":e6698]I read Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises just last month. Outstanding book.

Has this turned into the GF1 Book Thread?!?!

Here's what I'm currently reading.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679720219/sr=8-1/qid=1143161571/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:e6698]The Plague[/url:e6698] by Albert Camus

Next up is [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385334141/sr=8-1/qid=1143161601/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:e6698]Mother Night[/url:e6698] by Kurt Vonnegut and then finally, the biggest mother fucker of 'em all, [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374528373/sr=8-1/qid=1143161649/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2651107-3700702?%5Fencoding=UTF8:e6698]The Brothers Karamazov[/url:e6698] by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I, Sicilian_Summers am actually part Russian. In fact, my last name is of Austrian/Polish descent. Communism FTW![/quote:e6698]
I love Camus. The Stranger was excellent, and his short story The Guest was also very good.

I love Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises was brilliant, the fishing scene was so surreal and picaresque.

And Anti, he just seemed to imply it. A lot of books I have read that arent classics were amazing, and they were all "forced upon" me. The school makes people read things for a reason.

ive read catcher in the rye, i didnt think it was too bad but i didnt pay very close attn to it

plus i had to read muuuuuch worse books in hs like nectar in a sieve and to kill a mockingbird uggggghhhhh

enders game is still the best book ive had to read for school...

yes it is

camus is dope...