Journey with sad boy Holden as he learns that he is an adult (kind of.) A book summary of The Catcher in the Rye. I did this for pure fun. Daniel's music: / daniel wilber - topic
Hi everyone, thanks for watching! I have in fact been working on a second video that I plan to upload within the next 2 months. Please stick around if you'd like!
Nice work! Enjoyed both the animation and narrative style. I'm another English teacher here, browsing for resources to possibly use with my students for review purposes (we just finished the book last Friday). A few points: 1) Holden is actually at a TB clinic. Funny how three days out in the freezing temps without a proper coat or gloves, not eating, drinking a lot, smoking a lot, dunking your head in a sink, and then sitting on a bench during a downpour can negatively affect your health. Given our modern sensibilities and our general lack of concern over TB these days, the "psych ward" thing seems like a good fit. 2) The "I hate Holden!" comments always struck me as very odd. He's a 16-year-old who hasn't recovered from the trauma caused by the massively tragic death of his little brother. He's effed up. He's obsessed with "truth" and "fake-ness" for good reason. He's been possibly molested about "twenty times" in his young life, and often times "betrayed" by the mentor figures in his life. And yet he's still a nice guy. He gets mad at Ackley being excluded from things. He loves the two nuns. He loves his sister. He "stops" when girls tell him to (as opposed to Stradlater). He's a mass of contradictions... just like most 16-year-olds. 3) Also pretty sure that Salinger never intended Holden to be someone to emulate. The weird Holden fanboys disturbed him. As a reader, you're SUPPOSED to see the irony and humor in the stuff that Holden says and thinks, and the "unreliable narrator" aspect of the book is working overtime. 4) Pretty much any book that anyone ever reads in High School needs to be re-read at a later time. I speak from personal experience. Sometimes we're just not ready to see what a book has to offer when we're forced to engage with it. In any case, once again, really enjoyed the video! (And now to sit back and watch people pick apart my grammar and sentence structure...😅)
Excellent video. It is so important to not completely indulge in Holden’s mindset, even if people like me are heavily drawn to him. I’m obsessed with this book and yet I would never do the things Holden does. Again, great video, and great art style too!
First off, I’m proud of anyone who reads this book and actually “gets it.” That speaks a lot about your character, and for lack of a better word, it speaks of your “soul.” A bit about me: I was born in 1971 (with my teen years being in the 80s), and I taught high school English for 23 years. During that time, I taught it every year, always hoping someone would “get it.” (Sadly, there were very few.) MOST people in the world are “phonies” and that doesn’t change when you get older. But in life, you occasionally meet other similar Holden types while “coming through the rye.” These are the folks who understand things, who seem to know the secret, who seem to write the songs that speak to you. Salinger is a great litmus test. It’s actually quite alchemical when done right. The book talks about heavy stuff, bordering on the mystical/spiritual… the text is a “secret language” and type of code, and I won’t lie: it’s dangerous book. It has the potential to be far more terrifying than a horror move or some kind of silly “Backroom”/internet thing. Like this video said, it’s made a lot of people crazy, and not just the guy who killed John Lennon (0:14). Why is it dangerous? It’s because when you get to the heart of the matter-when you finally wake up and see into the true field of rye-it can be overwhelming. Some people snap and figure there’s no longer a reason NOT to basically go and “do what thou wilt” and “kill ‘em all.” But everyone doesn’t see the same thing. If you have a truly good heart-if you are part of our tribe-it will reveal what I can’t even put into words. I am not being hyperbolic. That being said, I love to talk with you more, but ai’m late for something important. (It’s March 5, 2024 at 7:17) I’m working on a little project now that ai’m semi-retired. If any of this spoke to you, maybe you could go over to another video where I revealed some other important things. It’s a video called Growing up is Phony [The Catcher in the Rye] by a guy named some gamer named mooplis. Consider this a metaphorical invitation from the rye. If I’ve said anything that “speaks to you” follow your inner “rabbit” and see where this leads…
I struggled with this book when I read it. I found Holden annoying, I was too young to think about themes and symbolism. I just wanted to read a book with a cool hero and Holden was such a let down.
Your writing and presentation is top notch. And the animation is quite good. The audio quality of your narration.......well.....not nearly as good. But very intriguing. Why only one video so far? Are you publishing on a different platform?
Great video I had to read this in school and I can honestly say it has it's merits but it's overrated and a slough to get through. Flowers for Algernon and where the red fern grows were the best books I had to read for school
