Catcher In the Rye Essay

Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger and the movie Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross are related in a variety of ways. For instance the main characters in both stories look at the world and see how phony it looks to them. In addition, both the novel and the movie, the sexuality of the era is oppressed by society. All three of the main characters in both the novel and the movie look and …

…oppressed and see nothing but phonies in the world from their prospective. Holden oppressing himself adds an interesting turn on the novel. The two main characters of the movie Pleasantville come into a world where there is no such thing as sex and turn the whole world upside-down. To sum up what has been said the book Catcher In The Rye and the movie Pleasantville relate in many ways but in these two the most.