Long ago, people tried to censor books with ideas or beliefs that were not considered ‘traditional’. Censors banned these books because, they were trying to keep people from seeing one word or multiple sections that suggested offensive manner. Many people believe that the novel the Catcher in the Rye written in 1951 by J.D Salinger deserves to be banned from the public eye because of the intensity and impureness of the situations the characters of this book go through. The Catcher in the Rye is about a 16 year old named Holden Caulfield, who tells a story to the readers while held within a psychiatric institution. He begins by telling the readers the story of how he recently got kicked out of his preparatory school. From there things begin
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Holden uses slang words and or phrases, that can be offensive and disturb other people. In chapter 1 Holden shows the reader and example of this when he tells the story of the day he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. He was sitting on top of Thomsen Hill watching below him. One could see the “two teams bashing each other all over the place.” (4). Holden describes the other team as “scrawny and faggy”(5). People can take the word ‘faggy’ and interpret in it different ways. The most common way one might interpret ‘faggy’ is as a derogative term for a homosexual man. Here Holden uses the the word to describe the other team as weak and thin. In chapter 19, Holden is sitting at a bar waiting to meet up with an old friend from Whooton. A few years back Luce knew all the “flits and Lesbians.”(158). When Carl Luce came over to sit down, Holden states “hey, I got a flit for you… I’ve been saving him for ya.”(159). By Holden using this slang, children will think it is okay to use slang words to supposedly make fun of others for pure entertainment. Using such words can be justify the banning of this novel from schools and libraries across America.
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel that definitely catches the reader's attention. Even if the novel causes uproar within society there is without a doubt a message to learn from it. Concrete diction,Profanity/cursing, and slang give are all examples of diction that give reason for this novel to be banned from the rising generations. These words choices can corrupt children's minds and take away their innocence from them. Banning the Catcher in the Rye in 1951 might have been the best decision then for children to grow up in a non chaotic
Holden uses slang words and or phrases, that can be offensive and disturb other people. In chapter 1 Holden shows the reader and example of this when he tells the story of the day he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. He was sitting on top of Thomsen Hill watching below him. One could see the “two teams bashing each other all over the place.” (4). Holden describes the other team as “scrawny and faggy”(5). People can take the word ‘faggy’ and interpret in it different ways. The most common way one might interpret ‘faggy’ is as a derogative term for a homosexual man. Here Holden uses the the word to describe the other team as weak and thin. In chapter 19, Holden is sitting at a bar waiting to meet up with an old friend from Whooton. A few years back Luce knew all the “flits and Lesbians.”(158). When Carl Luce came over to sit down, Holden states “hey, I got a flit for you… I’ve been saving him for ya.”(159). By Holden using this slang, children will think it is okay to use slang words to supposedly make fun of others for pure entertainment. Using such words can be justify the banning of this novel from schools and libraries across America.
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel that definitely catches the reader's attention. Even if the novel causes uproar within society there is without a doubt a message to learn from it. Concrete diction,Profanity/cursing, and slang give are all examples of diction that give reason for this novel to be banned from the rising generations. These words choices can corrupt children's minds and take away their innocence from them. Banning the Catcher in the Rye in 1951 might have been the best decision then for children to grow up in a non chaotic