The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is a fictional novel that was first published in 1965. The novel takes place in New York City and in Pennsylvania over a duration of four days. This novel tells the story of an emotionally disturbed teenager who has been kicked out of a boarding school. The story is told from the point of view of a teenager who is the narrator of the story. The …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…of people reading this book. The author was attempting to impress upon his readers that it is okay to not know what you want in life when you are young. I believe that he was successful, because he made me believe that it is okay for me not to know what I want to do in life. This novel was very well written, and I would give it an eight on a ten point scale.