Critical readers have to look no further than Holden’s self-described dream job: being a literal catcher in the rye: “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field ...

you probably read this book too early. If you’re a bit late to this Salinger classic, let me fill you in — Holden Caulfield is a recently-expelled 16-year-old prep school student, and “The Catcher in ...

(Unlike Shakespeare, which I only pretended to understand). Specifically, the main character in "The Catcher In The Rye," Holden Caulfield, spoke like a high school student like me--using words ...

in it he wrote "This is my statement," and signed as Holden Caulfield. The next year, police found a copy of The Catcher in the Rye at the home of John Hinckley Jr. after he attempted to ...

Holden Caulfield, would go on to become one of the most iconic characters in literary history. But the intense public scrutiny brought on by the success of “Catcher in the Rye” pushed Salinger ...

"If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies," says Holden Caulfield. "Don't even mention them to me." The young hero of J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye" is often described as ...

He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H. "The Catcher in the Rye," with its immortal teenage protagonist, the twisted, rebellious Holden ...

"The Catcher in the Rye" explores themes of loneliness ... someone about your experiences makes you miss them suggests that Holden feels a deep void when he opens up to others, as it highlights ...