Difference between revisions of "The Catcher in the Rye"

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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by reclusive author J.D. Salinger, which has frequently been required reading for high school students. It is a depressing, profanity-filled story about teenage angst.

The novel is a fictional account of Holden Caulfield, a depressed teenager, and a week he spent in New York.

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-'''''The Catcher in the Rye''''' is a [[novel]] written by reclusive author [[J.D. Salinger]], which has frequently been required reading for [[high school]] students. While criticized for its profane language and constant references to sex, the main character has become a symbol of defiance.
+'''''The Catcher in the Rye''''' is a [[novel]] written by reclusive author [[J.D. Salinger]], which has frequently been required reading for [[high school]] students. It is a depressing, profanity-filled story about teenage angst.
-The novel is a fictional account told from the perspective of Holden Caulfield, a teenager that has been expelled from a college preparatory school, and deals with the subjects of growing up, innocence of childhood, and "phoniness," Holden's name for things that are superficial, becoming a label for all things he believes is wrong in the world. He tells his idea of being the "catcher in the rye," a person who stops children playing in a field from falling over a cliff, a symbol of saving the innocence of youth and preventing exposure to things that would ruin their childhood, such as sex. This, ironically, is a mistake of Robert Frost's poem about recreational sex, something Holden intends to keep away from children.
+The novel is a fictional account of Holden Caulfield, a depressed teenager, and a week he spent in New York.
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Difference between revisions of "The Catcher in the Rye"

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