22). Brooks supports this by comparing the characters in The Catcher in the Rye to other well-known books with similar teenage characters and showing how these characters behave according to their age and this is what attracts the attention of many around them. The purpose of the piece is to show how Salinger wrote Catcher in such a way that the book is timeless and shows how The Catcher in the Rye helped his writing career. Brooks creates a detached tone, making it seem like the intended audience is anyone who has read the novel and related to it in some way.