Catcher in the Rye Relevance The Catcher in the Rye is a common book used to educate high school students. But is it still relevant? Teens are having a harder time relating to Holden 's problems from “phonies” to all the “fuck you”’s(Salinger, p.g. 201). That is no longer a real problem to teens anywhere. When Holden was staying with Mr. Antolini he exclaimed “What the hella doing?” (Salinger, p.g. 192)In response to waking up to Mr. Antolini patting his head. He also called it perverty. To the teenagers of today, this would be an overreaction and a surprising response. They may find it odd to wake up like that, but they wouldn 't think of Mr. Antolini as a pervert. I also find it hard to even relate to Holden 's sister Phoebe. She is