The Catcher in the Rye is one of those classics nearly everyone is forced to read in high school. Unfortunately, "classics" tend to get a bad reputation. Frankly, many of the supposed "classics" are boring and difficult to get through. However,
The Catcher in the Rye, the novel written by
J.D. Salinger, published in 1951, is not like the others.
The narrator of the story is Holden Caulfield, a teenager who just wants to tell us about a couple weeks of his life, and that is what he does. The writing is very simplistic, like Holden is your buddy, telling you a...
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Since the beginning of time (okay, not really), a lot of books have been adapted into movies. A lot of people like this idea because they think they don't need to read the book anymore or they're just happy to see their favorite books come alive on the big screen. But there are some people, though, who are not happy with the film version because of the director's changes or it wasn't what they had in mind.
There are some directors who have succeeded in adapting the book, and some who have failed miserably. Who succeeded? Who didn't?
1. Lord of the... 
