The Catcher in the Rye, Blog 2

So far, I am really enjoying The Catcher in the Rye. It’s a nice change from some of the other books I have read recently, because it moves very fast and doesn’t give you random unnecessary details (The Odyssey…). I like this because while J.D. Salinger doesn’t feed you detail after detail, the ones he does include are very good imagery and stick with you throughout the book. Another thing I really enjoy about this book is the characterization that starts at the beginning of the book. In only 40 pages, I already feel like I know the main character as well as some of the supporting characters very well. I like this because the more you know of a character at the beginning of a book, the better you can watch them change and develop throughout the novel. A thing that’s weird for me though is the fact that the book is in first person, and it is from a teenage boy’s perspective. The last few books I have read have either been in third person (All the Pretty Horses), or first person from either an older person’s perspective (various Jodi Picoult novels), or first person from a teenage girl’s point of view (Twilight). This is interesting for me because I am getting a perspective that I usually wouldn’t get from a situation like the one the main character is in.