... discusses his difficulty with relationships, intimacy as his difficulty in calling Jane Gallagher, and his date with Sally Hayes, which went terribly wrong because of his rudeness. Adolescents can relate to these type of problems because they go through this in their lives in present day just as Holden had 50 years earlier. I recommend "The Catcher in the Rye" to teenagers because adolescents are able to relate to it ... and it's a classic novel. Adolescent life in the 1950's and today has changed drastically, however, the experiences of teenagers are universal and are also similarly ap...

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