”The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger must be one of the greatest books I have ever read in my whole life. I adore every single thing a person can love about a book. I love the writing, the storytelling, and most of all I love the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield is not a character most writers I find would ever want to write about, especially because of the way he speaks about any topic.
I kept sitting there getting drunk and waiting for old Tina and Janine to come out and do their stuff, but they weren’t there. A flitty-looking guy with wavy hair came out and played the piano, and then this new babe, Valencia, came out and sang. (p.g.165)
As I have shown to you just now, he talks not so kindly towards women, nonetheless, that’s honesty one of the many things I love most about him. Of course in the real world outside of this wonderful novel, this is not something anyone would want to hear coming out of a person’s mouth. However, in the book world, I love to read the real and honest thoughts of the person I am reading about. I have never understood why writers write books with clear intentions to try to make it seem their character is always thinking, talking, or acting like a good perfect person. I hate that, real people aren’t always perfect. Real people make mistakes, and without those unfavorable actions, the character never seems to me as a real person.