em. Every teenager goes through a time when they feel alienated. In a lot of ways, Holden also literally wants to be the catcher in the rye. The novel was more complicated than it appears, and contained many more themes than imagined. The writing style was descriptive, 5but not excessive. The novel is accurately written as an adolescent would write it. That makes it relatively easy to understand and interpret. Its easy to see things from Holdens perspective. Its refreshing that he doesnt fish for sympathy, he simply tells it like it is. Holden is a real character, created by a man with a brilliantly flexible imagination. The novel is intended also as a piece of social criticism. Not just by discussing the overall fakeness of society, but also by relating it. Fake people dont change, theyre always there, its sort of depressing when you take a good look at people and realize that. Salinger directly addresses this point. He also suggests that trusting people leads to inner pain. The novel ,all in all, is like a sort of guide for teenagers lost in their own adolescents....
