of American literature, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, is about how a troubled adolescent, protagonist Holden Caulfield, grapples with the pains of growing up. Published in 1951 and originally written for adults, “The Catcher in the Rye” has been read differently over the years. The New York Times described it as “an unusually brilliant novel” where “adolescence speak[s] for itself”. On the other hand, The Washington Post said reading “The Catcher in the Rye” was “literally a painful experience

In "Catcher in the Rye" the idea of being a catcher is based upon Holden’s complete misreading of a line in the poem "Comin ' Thro ' the Rye," by Robert Burns, of which Holden hears a young boy singing. The young boy instead substitutes the line "When a body catch a body, comin ' thro ' the rye" for "When a body meet a body, comin ' thro ' the rye." Holden has a dream in which children play a game in a field of rye near a cliff, it being his role to protect the children by catching anyone who gets

In the novel, The Catcher in The Rye, the author J. D. Salinger generates/creates a period in the life of a young protagonist. J. D. Salinger’s novel explores the different practices of storytelling by utilizing a distinctively constructed character. In this essay, the main topics to be discussed is the narrative’s point of view, the style and genre that are relevant to characterization in Salinger’s novel. A narrative point of view is the way a story is told. Authors have developed different ways

The Catcher In The Rye is a novel written by J.D Salinger the book is narrated by the main character Holden Caulfield he is a very troubled teenager that just got kicked out of his fourth school. The focus on the story is just not about Holden but about the world that he lives in and the people that surround him. The Catcher In The Rye is a novel about the accounts of the real life encounters we face in life on every given day through the eyes of a young man whose eyes are seeing very painful and

J.D. Salinger explores the difficulties associated with the passage from youth to adulthood in his novel, The Catcher in the Rye. The author especially highlights the importance people staying connected to others to successfully transition from childhood to adulthood. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in the novel, is desperately clinging to his youth. Holden is obsessed with the phony nature of adults and judges the people around him based upon their degree of insincerity, two-facedness, and pretension

trauma of World War Two would not let its horror escape his mind. The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s one and only novel, was written throughout duration of time in which Salinger’s pain could only be interpreted by pen and paper. Much of Salinger’s reclusive nature is reflected upon in the protagonist, Holden Caulfield and his refusal to allow the adult American society to steal his innocence and curiosity. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel detailing the psyche of a troubled teenage boy, Holden Caulfield

because of The Catcher in the Rye’s fame. J.D. Salingeralso attended different schools, alike Holden, and after graduating he went to Europe to pursue acareer in writing. While at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, J.D. Salinger met Professor WhitBurnett, who pushed him into creating more work. Although Salinger was starting of an amazingcareer in writing, he left to participate in World War II, like many other men in those times.Throughout war, Salinger still wrote a new novel: The Catcher in the

Zhu1 Katherine Zhu EAE 1D Ms. Sivel December 1st The Catcher in the Rye: The Pursuit of Endless Childhood The main setting of The Catcher in the Rye is New York City, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist’s hometown. He decides to wander around the city before heading home, to prevent his parents from noticing that he’s been expelled from his school. Out of all the places he visits in NYC, the two most notable ones are the Museum of Natural History and Central Park. The museum is an illusion of how Holden