Please don't forget to like/comment and subscribe to my channel! A Book Review of J.D. Salinger's: The Catcher in the Rye. Check out my novel, "Jellyfish" and read the free sample at: www.smashwords...
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@pijjj57426 жыл бұрын
This was a helluva good review. I think it's a really good way of putting it, it really is. Though phonies won't ever side with the fact, that kills me.
@robertcrabtree43743 жыл бұрын
That kills me.
@ThePetepateet7 жыл бұрын
I think that the teacher might have molested the kid, driving him to suicide. Since Holden wasn't sure why he killed himself, the patting might have been a subtle message to the reader that this is true. It can interpreted different ways though.
@matthewwright91434 жыл бұрын
I read through this two-line comment by some phony and he didn't even have the guts to own it if you wanna know the truth. That killed me.
@TheColdplay2003 жыл бұрын
That's a damn interesting comment. Mr. Antolini is a remarkably ambiguous character imo. I think he genuinely cares a lot about Holden, I don't think he was trying to use him, if at all (he does just pat him on the head after all), anywhere close to how much he was trying to look out for him. But it's ambiguous. The guy has quirks (being married to a significantly older woman perhaps being one). I tend to think Antolini is just a guy is just a very bored and intelligent teacher who cares for students more than average and also shows affection more than average but really only meant to help Holden. I think it's really common for people to think he was a sick perv mostly because, when reading Holden's perspective, a guy whose emotional issues extend well-into his sexual insecurity, we naturally feel just as horrified as he does - when really, it may well have just been an affectionate patting of the head.
@thegoonist8 жыл бұрын
one of the better reviews on youtube. i disagree with the contrarians on youtube. especially the ones with the most views. i think caufield is right to be cynical. to dismiss him as hypocritical misses the point, and does not necessarily discredit his views.
@shanemccullough43808 жыл бұрын
I really liked your video, I did, I mean that.
@alexanderchesterman80598 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of what KZfaq used to be like back in 2006
@uchihadante777 жыл бұрын
A very good platform.
@addy74644 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best review on catcher in the rye.👍👍👍
@stevemorse1086 жыл бұрын
For me the two key metaphors are that used by Mr Antonini? who speaks of a special and terrible type of fall where the person falling never touches the botttom...a metaphor for depression and feelings of alienation and existential angst possibly borderline personality disorder. The second falling metaphor is the title; the catcher in the rye whose role is to catch children playing in a rye field near a cliff. This represents the nostalgia of childhood and the fear and aversion to growing up...the protagonist cann't deal with the demands of growing up, becoming more autonomous, forming mature relationships and mantaining friendship. He intones that he ends up in a psychiatric hospital and your point about suicide is very interesting thanks for your review.
@uchihadante777 жыл бұрын
Very good review, dude. I really liked that you didn´t use any cuts like a lot of vloggers. Anyway, keep it up.
@krystalbrantgmail4 жыл бұрын
About the teacher scene, I didn't see that as if he was trying to molastate Holden. What I think is that the teacher's intention was to check if he was ok, like if had fever or something, I guess Holden was looking really a big mess, cause he was practically not eating for two days, no shower, no tooth brushing, a hangover and he was so stressed that he imagined the warse. Now something else I keep thinking during the whole book was how on earth a kid spends practically 3 days out of a intern school and there parents are not even notified? I guessed that when he'd come to visit Pheobe, she would say something like "Mother and father are looking for you all over the country".
@eagann924 жыл бұрын
He had already gotten kicked out of his school, so I think administration already expected him to leave-hence no notification to the parents. How did you interpret the ending of the novel? Do you think he improved or stayed the same?
@l1lyk4te3 жыл бұрын
I can see where you’re coming from, as Holden didn’t take good care of himself and contracted TB.
@zilasnake082 ай бұрын
wow, interesting perspective on Mr Antolini. I never even thought of it like that.
@robertcrabtree43743 жыл бұрын
Great review. I've always loved this book. As I listened to what you said about him being lost i remembered when i was younger and loving this book I was excruciatingly and hopelessly lost. ...as for putting the coat over the suicide's face and the questionable incident with Holden...I never thought there was actually molestation in mind (until I read it for the sixth or seventh time last summer) but what you said made me wonder something I never imagined: the possibility the kid killed himself because the teacher had molested him. Is that what you were wondering? If that's what Salinger was saying that would double the depth of the already perfect book. Anyway, it was a pleasure happening upon your review.
@TheColdplay2003 жыл бұрын
It's just so ambiguous. I do tend to think though that Antolini did not molest James Castle, nor do I think he would have done anything like that with Holden. Did he want to get sexual with Holden? Maybe. He's a something of peculiar guy (being married to a significantly older woman could be some sort of psychological clue - I have no idea). It seems to me though that Holden's panic and fear upon Antolini patting his head was a reflection of lots of things with Holden's other fears, implicit pas traumas, and insecurities. Maybe Holden connected the dots of Antolini having possibly molested James Castle without even being conscious about it enough to include it in his take on what he was thinking during the head patting incident. Again, ambiguous. Keep in mind too that when that goes down, Holden's legitimately sleep deprived and not thinking lucidly. But the fear he experiences during it is passed on to us thru his pov, with all intensity, despite a lack of clarity. Just to wrap up, consider too how much Antolini is trying to help Holden. For real. Like, do pervs devote that much care and guidance to someone they want to abuse?
@selinaf64546 жыл бұрын
Great review, I didn't connect the dots between the suicide and the teacher before..
@RPete1006 жыл бұрын
He was kicked out of school. Not drop out. Granular difference.
@Cheekingmymeds3 жыл бұрын
I like your glasses
@eduardomoll98154 жыл бұрын
For me, Caulfield is a young Gatsby.
@aarontschetter17433 жыл бұрын
Please explain
@augusthagglund93446 жыл бұрын
Yes! Exactly. All of your view point line up with mine, very good review
@lifeTechnicolorGuy6 жыл бұрын
Good review. I really love the book too.
@thelittlemrs7 жыл бұрын
Good review! It's is on my To read book list now 👍
@marlymendez51188 жыл бұрын
I dont think the teacher meant anything crumby by patting Holden
@shanemccullough43808 жыл бұрын
I think he did to tell you the truth, I really do, I mean it.
@greenidentity10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I haven't read this for quite some time, but I really liked it, as I tend to do with fucked up characters.
@itiswhatitis87726 жыл бұрын
Great book. Same it took me a week 2 read. But it's not very American. Cause life is the same everywhere.
@cabdirisaqboos9613 жыл бұрын
that was hellouva review, if you know what I mean
@Aprille9996 жыл бұрын
subscribed
@TheUltimateGC7 жыл бұрын
this was depressing
@lastmanstanding19542 жыл бұрын
the book sucked and if you never read it , well lucky you !!!!