The Catcher in The Rye

Could someone please tell me about Catcher in the Rye. I'm British, and I feel that I am either an utter dullwit unable to see a shining gem in front of me, or all of American culture is completely inaccessible to me.

What I took away from this book was: A guy is intelligent but an utter slacker, he gets kicked out school. He spends a few days in New York, then he stays with his favourite teacher who may (or may not) attempt to Paedophile him.

Then he goes chats with his sister and then it ends.

So, I am left wondering what life-lessons I skimmed passed in this incredibly popular book. From what I read, if this is the Great American Novel, then the American Dream must be that one where you get chased around your bedroom by your lamp.

Retards ITT (and, frankly, anywhere else) who are saying that academic analisys benefits reading experience are exactly that, retards.

On an unrelated note, retards who believe that it is possible to steal intellectual property from a fiction writer are equally fucking stupid. I'm a writer myself. You can't steal from me. If you can write my stuff better than me, go and do it, faggot; except you can't, because I'm probably better. All "intellectual property" bullshit is there because people who can't do any better than awful fanfiction level of writing are afraid that their sudden, worthless success is going to be stolen by millions of hack that can't possibly be any worse than them either.

Intellectual property never ever makes an author. Author makes intellectual property, you weaklings.

Now, Catcher in the Rye is a piece of shit book with crap populistic morale and is going to be forgotten in less than half a century.

>>39
I rarely wear socks.

If you guys rip off my character super awesome man, i'll sue

>>43
You'll probably even Mary sue, aren't ya.

>>44
Super awesome man is indifferent to your riposte.

>>45
Fucker's pretty cool. Gotta use him as a villain in my next Harry Potter ghostwriting commission.

I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

I thought what I'd do was, I'd make a post with a shitty and meaningless catchphrase.

>>46
Super awesome man is not impressed with your appropriation of his identity.