I think that if I had to choose between the
novels The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D Salinger, and Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway, I would definitely pick The
Catcher in the Rye as my favorite of the two. I liked The Catcher in the Rye more than Old Man and the Sea for many
reasons.
First of all, The Catcher in the Rye had a lot more characters, which added a lot
more interest to the story. It gets very boring reading about the same man in
the entire book, but with more characters there is more going on the book is
more entertaining. I liked all of the dialogue between Holden Caulfield, the
main character of The Catcher in the Rye,
and the people that he met and interacted with throughout the whole book. Like I
said before I like Holden sarcastic attitude. I also liked the setting of The Catcher in the Rye more than
the setting of Old Man and the Sea.
New York City in the nineteen-fifties is so much more exciting than in the
middle of the ocean in Central or South America. This also relates to the
characters. New York City is obviously a huge and extremely populated city, so
there are going to be a ton of people. The middle of the ocean however there are
absolutely no people. Because there all no people in the sea the old man in Old Man and the Sea talks to
himself. He talks to his hand when it is cramped and to the great marlin that
is dragging him away from home. I thought it was boring and weird that he had
nothing to talk to. You can only talk to your hand so much.
Overall my main reason for liking The Catcher in the Rye more than Old Man and the Sea is the
excitement. The plot is much more complicated, which makes it an easy and quick
read. And also the characters.
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