In all literary works of art, the author chooses a tone to exhibit throughout the story line of his writing. That statement holds true about J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Some authors use comedy, others pure entertainment, but Mr. Salinger decided to set a “real life” tone to this particular novel. By exhibiting some aspects of reality, he lends his own philosophies to the reader. This gives the reader more incite …showed first 75 words of 692 total…

…showed last 75 words of 692 total…it society which as lost it’s mind for failing to see the hopelessness of their own lives. J.D. Salinger did an excellent job revealing this philosophies of human life through his teenage protangist. He conveyed many different aspects of human life. The Catcher in the Rye is a philosophical novel, not only because it express the author’s ideas, but because it helps the reader to think about their life more in depth.