<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882442454143930742</id><updated>2011-08-30T11:29:01.532-07:00</updated><category term='Symbolism'/><category term='Classic'/><category term='The Catcher in the Rye'/><category term='Holden'/><category term='Book'/><category term='PTSD'/><title type='text'>The Blog of Nathan</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7882442454143930742/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07402993280925910808</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882442454143930742.post-490173601059740057</id><published>2011-08-30T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T11:28:57.522-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Catcher in the Rye'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Symbolism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PTSD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book'/><title type='text'>The Catcher in the Rye</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Catcher in the Rye is a well-known book, and considered a classic, but personally I did not enjoy it at all. To me the book just seemed like a waste of time, the entire novel centered on the dellusions of a fifteen year old boy, mixed with alcohol and Post-Traumatic Stress disorder. The ending of the&amp;nbsp;novel was very abrupt as well which added to the torment of reading, since no definitive ending was given. This novel was only readable for the clever uses of symbolism, such as the ducks in the pond, and the hat that Holden wears. But, based on stroyline alone, it was a dissapointing read, it was depressing, uneventful,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;had a main character that is very hard to relate to. The beauty in this novel was the symbolism,&amp;nbsp;and that was few and&amp;nbsp;far inbetween.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882442454143930742-490173601059740057?l=blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com/feeds/490173601059740057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com/2011/08/catcher-in-rye.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7882442454143930742/posts/default/490173601059740057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7882442454143930742/posts/default/490173601059740057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog-of-nathan.blogspot.com/2011/08/catcher-in-rye.html' title='The Catcher in the Rye'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07402993280925910808</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
