I have to lead a discussion about this book in English, any body have any points I can bring up.
Also, feel free to discuss the book, it's brilliant.

I read it a couple years ago and it took me a year on and off to read, i ended up hating the book, im going to re-read it though ecuase its been so long. but i was disappointed because ive heard so many people in bands talk about how great it is, and i couldnt find the greatness in it. but my favorite quote/ pages is this;


okay nevermind, my computers deciding to be stupid and not pull up my wordpad, so i will have to tell you later when its not being so weird. but its where him and the girl are sitting in a restaurant or something and hes talking about how schools a terrific waste and a bore and he doesnt belong, and how everyone sticks together, and he cant get anything out of school and hes in such terrible shape, and then she says, yes, you are.


i just loved it because i dont really get anything out of school either.

Dude, I love that book.
Holden is always so bitchy, and I find that absolutely hilarious. :'D

But I don't have any points to add, sorry. ;___;

my friend told me that in every serial killer's house that the police have gone through, they've found a copy of this book.

LOL
il that book sooooo much.
I've read it about 2 1/2 times.
Yeah, I couldn't finish it the third time.
I just love it because it's exactly how I think and feel all the time.

and i thought that the book sucked. he used the same phrases way too much and it got really boring. i'm sure i missed a general point or moral to the story, but at least they could have told a moral while keeping it interesting!

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Originally posted by dj danga:
my friend told me that in every serial killer's house that the police have gone through, they've found a copy of this book.

im sure not every serial killer, but alot of murderers and killers have, the guy who killed john lennon (i cant think of his name right now) was carrying the book with him when he shot him and theres been some other killers who have read it, very scary

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Originally posted by dj danga:
and i thought that the book sucked. he used the same phrases way too much and it got really boring. i'm sure i missed a general point or moral to the story, but at least they could have told a moral while keeping it interesting!

ya thats how i felt about it, it was very repeative with his phrases and i got annoyed and bored extremely quick

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Originally posted by VonGrimmThird:
the guy who killed john lennon

Mark David Chapman

this is one of my favorite books.

one of the realest (or fakest) charaters in a book i've ever read.

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I just love it because it's exactly how I think and feel all the time.

As cliché as that is, it's the same for me as well.

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Originally posted by dj danga:
and i thought that the book sucked. he used the same phrases way too much and it got really boring. i'm sure i missed a general point or moral to the story, but at least they could have told a moral while keeping it interesting!

LOUSY LOUSY LOUSY LOUSY LOUSY THIS LOUSY THAT LOUSY EVERYTHING~.
He must've said that word at least 100 times, I swear.

And yes, you obviously missed it. And you obviously have bad tastes in literature. e.e


And that's fucking creepy with the serial killers and all. ;____;

Lousy.
Helluva.
Sunavabitch.
etc.

I love it so much, and I kinda freaked out my teacher by saying that I completely relate to Holden. You know, what with his mental state and all.

Oh, and he calls everybody phony.

The author, J Salinger, wont let it be made into a film. So many producers have asked but he says no. And he's written in into his will that it can't be made into a film after he dies. He's old now, and he's mentally ill. He wont speak to anybody who he knows to be in the teaching profession. And he's a pedophile, apparently.

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Originally posted by PanicGroupie:
Oh, and he calls everybody phony.

The author, J Salinger, wont let it be made into a film. So many producers have asked but he says no. And he's written in into his will that it can't be made into a film after he dies. He's old now, and he's mentally ill. He wont speak to anybody who he knows to be in the teaching profession. And he's a pedophile, apparently.

this is good. people need to start reading MORE and watching movies made from books LESS. They are never as good as the real thing.