Ap English Application- Rejected
A book is the best friend a human being can have. A book is never disloyal and a book can have the power to evoke a range of emotion in you that will echo down through the rest of your life, influencing your thinking and the decisions you make. There are, however, few books that resonate on a deeper level and that make you think and ponder anew everyday. Last summer I was fortunate enough to come across a book that did just that. The book was called The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Although this book may be considered quite a bit raunchy to most people, I felt a connection to it that I honestly had never felt with any book before. This was strange to me considering how often I read and how many books I have read and never had I once got that same feeling. After reading The Catcher In The Rye, I actually had to sit down and bullet point why this book gave me the emotions it did, and why I felt so connected. After doing this I found out more things about myself that were not apparent to me before. I found that I related to this book in many ways and one of those ways was sharing with the main character, Holden, the painfulness of growing up. I had realized that this novel could be considered a coming of age story and I compared Holden’s life with mine. Holden was sixteen and struggled to accept the fact that he was growing up and he was close to adulthood. He showed signs of immaturity, having trouble accepting society and the way we are taught to live. Holden feared change and was overwhelmed by complexity. He was frightened because he was guilty of the sins he criticized in others and because he didn’t always understand everything around him. He refused to acknowledge this fear because of his immaturity. All I could think of after analyzing Holden was: me, this is me. It made me look at my life and re-evaluate my thinking and my choices I choose everyday. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that a book, a silly book, could basically change my life..