This
is an interesting, amusing, and funny story. It is a collection of the episodes
that describe the life of the protagonist, Holden Cadifield. He is 17 or 18
years old.
Each
episode is written in a casual and carefree way with a lot of colloquial expressions
and slangs. His episodes are about his friends, his teachers, his brother and
sister. What makes the story interesting is that he tells his true feeling about
the things he does or he says.
Here
are some of the impressive expressions:
He
took my mind off from the other stuff.
I
sat down in the vomity-looking chair.
Which
always kills me.
I’m
always saying, “Glad to’ve met you” to somebody I’m not at all glad.
If
you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.
What
I did, I finally put my suitcase under my bed, instead of the rack, so
that old Slagle wouldn’t get a goddam inferiority complex about it.
“Yeah.
Wanna talka Sally. Very important. Put her on.
Excuse
the appearance of the place.
I’m
a moderate smoker.
When
something pervert like that happens, I start sweating like a bastard.