Catcher in the Rye, Is this book redemptive?
By lifbrue
@lifbrue (108)
United States
September 4, 2007 7:32pm CST
Slightly. Kind of like Samuel Beckett, the redemption is so small and you have to fight to look hard for it. But when you find it, you feel it. This piece is a classic, no doubt, and many folks have felt just how honestly it was crafted -- true to the human soul, perhaps the soul of a wanderer. But you feel just like the main character and there's no escaping that. He may be somewhat of a loser, but who isn't? In the end, he loves. All humans need to love. If there's one thing humans need to be successful at, it's loving. Responses greatly appreciated.
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@failsafe_o5 (103)
• United States
12 Sep 08
i don't know if redemptive would be the word i'd use.
i read catcher in the rye when i was 15, barely out of high school and thinking i am messing up my life. everyone relates to being aloser or being so down because everything went wrong. i think everyone had wanted to escape his/her life at least once too. and i felt the same then. if i'd describe the book, for me it was hopeful. it's like no matter how much you mess up you can still pull yourself back together. and even the worst underachiever aims and dreams for somthing greater than himself even if it's just catching children falling off. well, redemtive, maybe, it was in a weird way, a bit uplifting for me.
