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The Catcher in the Rye---What was He Thinking?
Nash K. Burger wrote a review of the book, The Catcher in the Rye, which was
published in the New York Times on July 16, 1951. In his review, Burger idolizes the
book, calling it "an unusually brilliant first novel". Burger feels that this book has
wonderful language and portrays the typical teenager. He thinks that Holden has a
cheerful disregard and that there is nothing wrong with him. He also feels that Holden's
mistakes are not caused by him, but by the adult world. This book is totally opposite of
how he categorizes it. In fact, Holden has is far from typical. The language he uses is
preposterous and he always jumps to assumptions.
Burger's first thought that Holden is a typical teenager is way off. Typical
teenagers do not flunk out of school after school. An example of this is, "They kicked me
out. I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was
flunking all four subjects and......

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