... at the transition from childhood to adulthood, the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, becomes the reader's hero. The adolescent mind that Salinger portrays so accurately in his novel is one that most teenagers can identify with. The Catcher in the Rye also contains universal themes that, for teenagers about to shift into adulthood, help them to better comprehend the world and other people. Although it does contain invective speech and sexual connotations, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger should ... not be censored in high schools ... ...

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