Blog #49: The Catcher in the Rye

I think it would be pretty interesting to live in New York City like Holden Caulfield did in The Catcher in the Rye. I think New York City would be a really interesting place to live. ThroughThe Catcher in the Rye, you get to experience some of the different things about New York City along with Holden. I am pretty sure he has lived there his whole life, but for most of it, he was away at school. The one thing that Holden did that I would love to do, is go to the Rockefeller Center. I love to ice skate, even though I am not the most graceful person. I am not a bad skater, but I trip just walking down the hall, so that gives a little hint of my gracefulness. But anyway, I have seen movies and pictures of the ice skating rink there in New York and it is beautiful! I have also seen pictures of just New York during the winter and Christmas season. That is definitely when I would like to go there. It is just so extraordinary. I bet Holden did not really think of it the same way. First of all, he did not have the kind of personality that is intrigued by the pure beauty of things, and second of all, he had lived there his whole life. That is like when people come to Springfield, they are all amazed by the Abraham Lincoln stuff. I personally think that stuff is really boring now. I have lived around it my whole life, so it is nothing new. Holden has probably been to the Rockefeller Center hundreds of times, and he has seen New York City at Christmas time, well seventeen times. I am just totally intrigued by New York City. It is so enormous, and there are so many people. I really like it, but I would have to experience it to totally know what it is like.

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Back Bay, 2001. Print.