I just finished the book, and I absolutely hated it!

The ending was completely unexciting, and the scene with Holden's teacher was just plain weird! It seems like Phoebe would be a good sister to have, because she sticks with Holden, and doesn't rat him out to their parents. She also offers to accompany holden when he runs away, but he won't let her. Overall, the book was dull, boring, and unexciting. I didn't find many parts interesting, and there were only a few bright spots.

I am nearing the end of the book, but I just wanted to go back and talk about one little section that I found to be very interesting. This is the part where Holden goes looking for Phoebe, and goes to the museum of natural history. I found this part of the story very interesting because of the way that holden describes the museum. He uses the description that he knows that no matter how many times he goes back to the museum, nothing there is going to move, and he will be the only thing that will have changed. I think this shows that Holden wants something concrete, where he doesn't have to move from school to school, and can come back to, and will be the same. I found that section very interesting.

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Reading the book, I can really see why Holden Feels that their should be no adult influence at his school. I can also relate to Holden, because I have a similar class. I am upper-middle class, just like he is, and my parents have great expectations for me. Holden struggles to live up to this, and struggles to accept the transition to adult hood, even though he knows that it is happening. I enjoyed reading the first half of the book, and cant wait to read the rest!