Speculatively, Seven Classics Get the Fifty Shades of Grey Treatment
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
Holden, whatever his flaws, definitely demonstrates a capacity to tolerate pain. I mean, he punched his hand through a window when he was grieving over his brother’s death. And we know he’s open to new things. He hires a prostitute. He doesn’t try to have sex with her or, you know, “give her the time” but he’s still pretty bold for a teenager!
But Salinger really missed an opportunity for his book to be a true success when he didn’t expand on the scene where Holden visits the Antolini’s. Mr. and Mrs. Antolini could have given Holden just a little more to drink and put him to bed. All three of them could have had quite a time together.
And this would have been an all together different coming-of-age story. One flirting with pedophilia, yes, but Fifty Shades of pedophilia. So it would be okay.