Teachers and parents are very protective of children. This is generally good, but at some point the kids will have to grow up. It is indeed a certain censorship in books intended for schools, but perhaps only for the children themselves. In high school, each student is called a “young adult.” Let these children become young adults by reading adult language. JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye should be banned in elementary and secondary schools, but allowed in high schools. The main themes of Catcher in the Rye had in part to do with sexual interaction and alcohol. Yes, these things are often frowned upon in our society for teenagers or “young adults”. Teachers and parents seem to mostly believe that students who read this book are more likely to participate in sexual activities or drink alcohol at an illegal age. Students should receive more credit than that. Even though this society is very much about “follow the leader,” that doesn’t mean these kids would feel the need to do these activities. Most people who read this book don't really identify with the main character, Holden Caufield. Holden seems to be a little mentally disturbed. He thinks almost everyone is fake. Fitting in is not something he does well. He is expelled and expelled from schools. Most normal students wouldn't want to be like Holden. Some experts and even just parents say the language is too strong and contains swearing for someone who is not yet an adult to read it. For example: “Damn. It always ends up making you blue as hell. (p. 113.) Usually, if GD is pronounced, it offends people. I myself am offended by that word, but just because the book a person is reading says GD doesn't mean the person has... middle of paper......and colleges, c is understandable. Students in these schools are not yet mentally ready to read anything vulgar or unfair to children. But today, I argue that young adults in high schools should be able to read this classic novel. It's no more in-depth than what they hear daily from other students or can do on their own, so I don't think it's fair to ban a classic book to prevent them to read things they already hear every day. like walking down the long corridors of his schools. Good reading should not be taken away from these students because these children's parents or these students' teachers think they have never heard anything like it before. Trust young adults. It's just a book. Works Cited Salinger, J.D. (1951). The catcher in the rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.