Let’s Change the Way We Talk About ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

Young readers deserve better

Drawing of Holden Caulfield, by Shay Dawn.

When you read and listen to discussions about J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, you will often hear someone say something along the lines of this:

When you’re fifteen you think Holden’s a genius; when you’re twenty-five you realize he’s just a brat.