Since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield — the funny, complex, wry protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye — has given voice to generations of teens caught between youth and ...

Over the years, throughout high school, college and grad school, I would consistently re-read the story of Holden's 3-day trip to New York City, usually reading it around Christmas time.

CAN I PUT YOU ON HOLDEN? Reading “The Catcher in the Rye” today is to identify with Holden Caulfield’s dissatisfaction with life’s limits and to share in the rare comforts he finds.

As students tackle their summer reading lists, many will have their first encounter with Holden Caulfield. The swaggering, disaffected (and slightly more innocent) precursor to Bret Easton Ellis's ...

That puts Holden Caulfield in his mid-70s, near the end of his natural lifespan, but in many ways he continues to dominate American culture as he did in the 20th century.

Holden Caulfield is exactly one year older than I am. He entered my life when I was 15 and brilliantly unself-aware in the hyper self-awareness of the late ‘60s.

When I first read The Catcher in the Rye, like the vast majority of my 11th grade peers, I hated Holden Caulfield. Apparently, hating Holden Caulfield is one of the markers of a Millennial reader ...