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The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. [6] Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on a wide variety of topics as he narrates his recent life events. The Catcher in the Rye has been translated widely. [7] About one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books. [8]
Holden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of The Catcher in the Rye.The novel recounts Holden's week in New York City during Christmas break, circa 1948/1949, following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania based loosely on Salinger's alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy.
Holden Bowler. Holden Bowler (September 23, 1912 - October 31, 2001) was an American athlete, singer, and businessman who served as the namesake for Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger 's novel The Catcher in the Rye and was the godfather of Judy Collins. [1] [2]
21 December 1946. “Slight Rebellion off Madison” is an uncollected work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger which appeared in the 21 December 1946 issue of The New Yorker. [1] The story is the first of nine stories to feature Salinger’s iconic protagonist Holden Morrisey Caulfield and the Caulfield family. [2] [3]
in popular culture. The 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has had a lasting influence [1][2] as it remains both a bestseller [3] and a frequently challenged book. [3][4] Numerous works in popular culture have referenced the novel. [5][6] Factors contributing to the novel's mystique and impact include its portrayal of ...
Order of British Columbia. William Patrick "W. P." Kinsella OC OBC (May 25, 1935 – September 16, 2016) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe (1982), which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and Canadian culture.
Health information technology (HIT) is "the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, health data, and knowledge for communication and decision making". [8] Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage ...
The first-person narrator in “Both Parties Concerned,” the young married father, Billy Vullmer, resembles the distinctive voice of Holden Caulfield in Salinger’s 1951 novel Catcher in the Rye. [7] [8] Salinger adopts a first-person account so as to elaborate Billy’s struggle to discover and express his discontents. [9]