The book was written way back in 1950’s as a first person narrative by a 16 yr old pissed off cynical insane bas@@rd.....hey hold on now dont get ne ideas coz the book is much much more than that...it’s bout coming of age about growing up about finding out who u r??Holden Caulfield the main protagonist has just been kicked out of his again drinks smokes curses highly opinionated sacrastic in all teenage angst with a pick axe..but Salinger beautifully captures the mind of every teenager growing up that inabality to communicate with older people how many times have u heard a teenager say to their parents ’’u dont understand me??’’ well u get the msg....that loss of innocence the realization of the fact that not everyone grows up to be a football star, a movie god , a millionare the most popular guy in high school but then its okay it doesnt matter ....Holden Caulfield suggests that it is ok to be a shit. Your criticisms of the world are not invalid and nothing you say or think is so bad that you need to repress it...people might think that this book isn’t for teenagers but more mature reader but then I belive its for everyone the guy who gets picked at school, the fat bottomed balding middle aged with a mid life crisis, the all excited pumped up just out of college it’s for all of us ...u’ll all finding something in it thats going to make u life look much better and worth giving a shot unlike sadly then our hero Holden Caulfied..there is no holden here so we dont have a ’’Catcher in the Rye ’’ but hey I dont think we need one...(psst for those who dont get wat I mean holden wants to be the catcher in the rye catching children frm falling off a cliff which metamorphise the loss of innocence and stepping into adulthood ..wink)..well to all of u who got bored with this monologue go read the book its as fun as this is boring...