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Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. English III—Novel Study. J.D. Salinger was born Jan. 1, 1919 to wealthy parents. He was raised in Manhattan, New York. He got in trouble as a youth and was sent to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania.

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Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

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  1. Catcher in the Ryeby JD Salinger English III—Novel Study

  2. J.D. Salinger was born Jan. 1, 1919 to wealthy parents

  3. He was raised in Manhattan, New York.

  4. He got in trouble as a youth and was sent to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania

  5. Later, he attended college but earned no degree.

  6. Between 1940-1953 he published some 30 short stories in a variety of magazines.

  7. In 1941, Salinger sent The New Yorker a story called "Slight Rebellion Off Madison.” • The story was about a troubled teenager named Holden Caulfield.. The New Yorker bought it and planned to run it in their Christmas issue.

  8. Dec. 7, 1941 – The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor • Salinger's story was put on hold. It was considered too trivial in a time of war.

  9. World War II • Salinger was drafted and took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. • He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where between 50 and 200 soldiers in his division were killed or wounded every day.

  10. Post-War • At the end of the war, Salinger checked into an Army general hospital in Nuremberg, suffering from a nervous breakdown. He spent several months recuperating.

  11. Holden’s Journey • After Salinger's release from the hospital, the first Holden Caulfield story called "I'm Crazy” was published in Collier's in December of 1945. • One year later, The New Yorker finally published "Slight Rebellion Off Madison.”

  12. Catcher in the Rye was published July 17, 1951.

  13. Success! • Within two months of publication, The Catcher in the Rye had been reprinted eight times and spent 30 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list.

  14. The Two Sides of The Catcher in the Rye • One 1979 study of censorship noted that The Catcher in the Rye "had the dubious distinction of being at once the most frequently censored book across the nation and the second-most frequently taught novel in public high schools [after John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men]” (Whitfield 82). •  Whitfield, Stephen J. "Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Cultural History of The Catcher in the Rye." (Dec 1997). The New England Quarterly. 567–600.

  15. The Two Sides … • The book remains widely read and sells about 250,000 copies per year.

  16. Meanwhile… • Salinger withdrew into isolation. He never published a new work after 1965 and granted no interviews after 1980. He died on Jan. 27, 2010.

  17. Character: Holden Caulfield • 1st person – unreliable narrator • He is 17, the son of wealthy parents from Manhattan, NYC. • Unique language and voice – He is humorous and contradictory, an admitted liar • He goes through different emotions: Pessimism Idealism Depression Excitement

  18. Catcher in the Rye—Themes • Growing up and its pains – adolescent alienation • Loneliness - relationships, intimacy, sexuality • Corruption of innocence • Phoniness • Nostalgia for childhood / the past. • Conflict: Holden is in between rejecting and accepting the adult world.

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