Several lawsuits have been made against J.D Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in attempts to censor the book; consequently, there have been several attempts to have Salinger's novel removed from high school libraries and reading lists, mainly motivated by parental organizations. But most of these charges are used as a protection for the real reason this book is considered harmful for youth. The novel contains various issues to encourage censorship such as: improper language, sexual content, and aggression. Due to this reasons there have been various attempts to censor the controversial novel.
             "In 1978 parents in Issaquah, Washington, became upset with the rebellious views expressed in the novel by Holden Caulfield and with the profanity he uses. The woman who led the parents' group asserted that she had counted 785 uses of profanity, and she alleged that the philosophy of the book marked it as part of a Communist plot that was gaining a foothold in the schools, 'in which a lot of people are used and may not even be aware of it.' The school board voted to ban the book, but the decision was later reversed when the three members who had voted against the book were recalled due to illegal deal-making. In 1979, the Middleville, Michigan, school district removed the novel from the required reading list after parents objected to the content."(Banned Books: Suppressed on Social Grounds by Dawn B. Sova. vol.2. New York: Facts on File, c.1998)
             Holden Caufield, the protagonist, swears many times throughout the novel. His curses are of the simplest kind: damn, hell, crap, ass. He curses so deliberately and consistently that the words lose most of their aggression after the various chapters, making the reader miss many of these words due to the repetitiveness and familiarity it creates.
             The word f*** appears three or four times at the end of the book. Holden is shocked by the word and he spends the last few pages of the book rubbing the word ...