Analysis

While reading through the article, "The Importance of the Work" I agreed mostly with what was being said. The part that stuck out most to me was about the banning of the book. Now after reading the novel I can see the importance of the "graphic realism" found many times throughout. It not only plays an important role of representing Holden who he is as a character but it creates a sense of reality. Such as with the profanities on the wall that Holden was trying to cover up. You can easily walk down the street and spot numerous profanities on walls, sidewalks, side of buildings, street signs, almost anywhere. Now it was not like Salinger decided to throw in these instances of profanity randomly, it meant something. It showed how Holden wanted to protect his little sister, Phoebe, from the evils of the world and try to still preserve that innocence that she has as a child or what is left of it. Yes Salinger was bold with including such words but the concept was for the greater well-being of the reader. I don't believe though that the novel promoted a poor role model for young readers. The partial reason why the book was banned. I believe that it didn't promote a role model at all but in fact showed us through Holden's story what we can learn not to do. We see the bad in him such as the drinking, smoking, and behavioral issues. And through this, this gets him no where in life, he is practically homeless, thrown out of school, confused about life, and no set plan at all. And by reading about his instances we know what to do and not what to do because as he learned what was right and wrong we learned along with him. Overall I found that the article was meaningful, it touched upon a lot of ideas in which can be very argument able and made a lot of key points.