New York and Catcher in the Rye

In the novel The Catcher in Rye the setting takes place in New York. I think that this was an excellent place to say the book took place in because it is a big city and there are a lot of people there that have dreams. Holden belongs here because he has dreams. New York is a big city and it is always moving and changing. Holden is always moving and changing too. I think J.D Salinger decided to make this book in the city of New York because he can relate to Holden. He had dreams of becoming a writer and New York seemed like the place to make them happen.

 There is also a lot of crime in New York which makes the story mysterious. The city is intriguing and has a lot of secrets and one could say that Holden is the same way. I think it was a good idea of Salinger to make the story like this because everything fits together. At the end of the story the reader wonders if Holden runs around New York discovering his dreams and making them come true. New York is a place where anything can happen. I think it was good of the author to let the reader have a happy ending. The setting helped that.

 I would love to go to New York someday. I think that it is so cool and interesting, There are so many different people there that you could see and there are so many different things to do. You would never get bored. I think that this is funny and ironic that Holden is always bored or lonely in a city that has so many things in it. Personally I think you would always have something to do but maybe the reason why Holden was getting into bad stuff because he was just bored. The New York references make the book interesting and more fun to read.