Teachers and parents are very protective of children. For the most part this is fine, but at some point the kids will have to grow up. Some censorship of school books is fine, but perhaps only of actual children. In high school, every student is referred to as a “young adult.” Let these kids become young adults by reading adult language. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye should be banned in elementary and middle schools, but allowed in high schools. The main themes of Catcher in the Rye had parts 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 believe for the most part that students who read this book are more likely to participate in sexual activity or drink alcohol at an illegal age. Students should be given more credit than this. Although this society is very much about “following the leader,” that doesn't mean these kids would feel the need to do these activities. Most people who read this work don't really identify with the main character, Holden Caufield. Holden seems a little mentally disturbed. He believes that almost all of them are fake. Fitting in is not something you do well. He is kicked out and expelled from schools. Most normal students wouldn't want to be like Holden. Some experts and even just parents argue that the language is too strong with profanity for someone who is not yet an adult to read it. For example: “Damn money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. (p. 113.) Usually, if you say God, you offend people. I myself am offended by this word, but just because the book a person is reading says GD that doesn't mean the person has...... half the paper ......d middle school is understandable. Students in those schools are not yet mentally ready to read something vulgar or unfair to children. But today I argue that high school youth should be able to read this classic novel. It's no more in-depth than things they hear from other students on a daily basis or can do on their own, so I don't think it's fair to ban a classic book to keep them from reading things they already hear every single day. as he walks along the long corridors of his schools. A great read should not be taken away from these students because the parents of these children or the teachers of these students think they have never heard anything like it before. Trust young adults. It's just a book. Works Cited Salinger, J. D. (1951). The receiver in the rye. Boston: Piccolo, Brown and Company.