Max Davila 

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12/3/19 
TLCW 
Chizzie, Brown 
 
J.D.Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye Readers Book Blog #2 
 
Hello, and welcome back to my second out of four reader’s book blogs. For this blog, I will 
be continuing my discussion over the course of ​The Catcher in the Rye ​by J.D. Salinger. From the last 
stop that I had made from readers book blog #1, I 
have written to you all about the book’s protagonist, 
Holden Caulfield. Holden as from the previous blog is 
known for having a bad reputation from many 
schools due to his dyslexia and his low interest in 
education. The​ themes​ that stand out the most to me 
are how Holden struggles with doing the right thing 
and how he is connected to people. His relationships 
are struggling as he has a deceased brother, 
disappointed teachers, and anxiety around feelings 
for a female character. As this blog is an assignment 
in which I share and discuss the relations developed 
throughout the book, I hope to enlighten you all with 
what I have got to blog about ​The Catcher in the Rye.  
 
T2S prompt: How do writers 
write about relationships?  
 
Salinger writes ​The Catcher in the Rye t​ o inform readers how and what is it like to be in this 
certain time of the book in order to catch more readers to build ideas on how Holden, Stradlater, or 
even Ackley would be a significant character to the upcoming chapters in the book as they would 
continue to read. With this book, Salinger writes the book as a created note by me is how he would 
mention slight moments of characters’ names or descriptions that would be mentioned through 
conversations by these non-fictional characters. As I read through the book and had seen more 
dialogue discussing about never seen names as I read this book such as Jane by Holden, it is seen to 
be created by Salinger to create a story arc to when these characters would be needed in a 
significant moment in order to create that flow that readers spot in which I found in the case for 
character origins and introductions. 

“​Jane Gallagher​. Jesus” I couldn’t get her off my mind. I

really couldn’t. “I oughta go down and say hello at least.- “why the
hell ​don’t​cha, instead of keep saying it?” Stradlater said…” “listen.
Give her my regards, will ya?..” “okay, Stradlater said”...” he went
back to the room, but I stuck around in the can for a while thinking
about old ​Jane​. Then I went back to the room, too.”(p.32-33)
  
  
The passage above helps show how Salinger created a character like Holden, a teenager 
being stuck in his thoughts. We can all relate to that. But the way of Holden's relationships with his 
friends, teachers, and “love” is interesting because you feel like you are in Holden’s mind. But 
sometimes, Salinger’s way of writing is complex for readers like me, that are concrete thinkers. The 
pace is slow, but you want to see where the character goes.  
 
T2S: “What does this remind me of in my life” 
In the act of relating towards the characters of the book and how it reminds me of my life, I 
see now that with Holden building and having these relationships throughout the book is not useless 
rather than it is a way of how we socialize and build ideas for others when discussing over topics of 
any kind. If you were to be hearing your close friend talking about positive or negative aspects about 
me, this then creates a perspective on you to how you think what they truly are. But as you confront 
the character like in the book. You would see either you were right or wrong about your mindset 
about this person. But as we humans do this quite often it like this we all may be reminded by 
reading ​The Catcher in the Rye. 
I do not want to share too much! I want to leave you, blog readers, at cliffhanger ;-) ​The 
Catcher in The Rye​ by J.D. Salinger is a great book in which you can find many great character 
relationships that you may be able to relate to as much as I can. As I learned more from this book 
about a rebellious teen, I finished this book with great fondness. I feel more aware of other people’s 
experiences and character.  
The IMage & why I choose it… 
 
Salinger would introduce new characters into the 
book by creating dialogue for characters such as Holden 
Caulfield to others, I would like to throw out to this image 
which shows to me how characters are being brought up in 
the book. I have learned based on experience to not judge 
someone by what you or another person thinks on them as it 
can hurt another person’s feelings and maybe ruin a chance 
to get to know that person. Which is how Holden feels when 
confronting people despises or likes.