The Catcher In The Rye is a novel written by J. D. Salinger, who was born as Jerome David Salinger on January 1st, 1919. The protagonist of the story, Holden Caulfield, is a teenager going through a rough time in his life. He looks back to his past and decides that he must go out … Read more
The Catcher in The Rye is a book about the main character, Holden Caulfield. The story was written by J. D. Salinger, who published it in 1951 . The novel is the most censored book in high schools across America. Drug and alcohol abuse plays a big part throughout the story because that’s how Holden … Read more
The Catcher in the Rye is one of American author J.D. Salinger’s most controversial works. The novel is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. The novel tells the story of Holden’s misadventures with sex and alcohol in New York City as he attempts to find … Read more
The novel The Catcher in the Rye (By J. D. Salinger) tells the story of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield as he desperately seeks to preserve innocence and avoid corruption until his younger sister Phoebe is old enough to guard herself from the same fate that has consumed him. The book was published by a New York … Read more
Written by J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye explores the recollections of an adolescent boy, Holden Caulfield, who experiences a nervous breakdown. Salinger illustrates Holden’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to show the readers Holden’s isolation. The Social Network, directed by David Fincher, is a film of similar context, exploring the social … Read more
Does being miserable, drinking away sadness, and ordering a prostitute sound like a troubled teen, or someone with a serious mental illness? In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, a sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield gets kicked out of the private school he is attending and stays in … Read more
Many critics consider J. D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes.. J. D. Salinger’s works were generally written during two time periods. The first time period was during World War II, and the second time period was during the 1960’s. Critics feel that the works during the 1960 time … Read more
In JD Salingers’ Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden’s constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This is seen … Read more
The passage of adolescence has long served as the central theme for many novels, but The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, has captured the energy of this period of life by dramatizing Holden Caulfield’s somewhat obscene language and emotional reactions. The Catcher in the Rye deals with an intelligent yet confused teenage … Read more