Topics for Discussion
1. Some of the satiric effects and humor in the story are derived from a clash between the eastern and western cultures in the United […]
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Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Twain’s story was first written as a letter, a style referred to as epistolary. Other examples of epistolary works are Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
The Best Man Wins, directed by John Sturges, was distributed by Columbia in 1948. This film version of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” […]
About the Author
Jerome David Salinger was born on January 1, 1919, in New York City, the second child of Sol and Miriam Jillich Salinger. His father, of […]
Themes and Characters
As he roams about the city, Holden encounters his brother’s old friends, calls strangers to whom friends have referred him, mixes in a hotel bar, […]
Literary Qualities
If The Catcher in the Rye merely detailed the awkwardness of a young adult growing up, it would still be valuable. But Holden’s periodic allusions […]
Social Sensitivity
The Catcher in the Rye has been charged with three major failings: excessive and unrealistic use of foul language; its obsession with a character whose […]
Topics for Discussion
1. Holden constantly uses the word “phony” to describe people, events, and popular culture such as movies. What does he mean by this word and […]