This essay will determine the differences between two popular books, The catcher in the rye: by J.D Salanger and Great expectations: by Charles Dickens. Great expectations was first published in serial form in 1861 and is written in standard English with many colloquial and archaic words. As with catcher in the rye, it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if …showed first 75 words of 809 total…

…showed last 75 words of 809 total…In conclusion the time difference when they were wrote is a mayjor factor in many of the differences but they both have very different writing styles which is a mayjor factor in the differences between them. G.E is written as if someone is looking back on events that have passed , were as in CATR it is like a big one sided conversation. So there are both differences and similarities in these two great books.