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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.
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]
Phoebe's niece, who married Tom Cudahy, Adam Chandler, Tad Martin and Edmund Grey (invalid) and had romances with Benny Sago, Dan Cuddahy, Mark Dalton Giles St. Claire and Jim Thomasen (whom she later murdered), she was the mother of Jamie Martin and the late Laura Cudahy (killed by a drunk driver) and the adoptive mother of Laura (Kirk) English.
This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]
The Caulfield Sisters take their name from Phoebe Caulfield, the sister of Holden Caulfield in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye. As Wheeler explained in one radio interview: "After Pee Shy split, Mary and I took a little time off and then we missed playing together really badly.
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Various characters appeared in the sitcom Friends and its spin-off series Joey, which respectively aired for ten seasons and two seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2006. [1] Friends featured six main cast members: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Ross Geller (David ...
Screeching Weasel's "I Wrote Holden Caulfield" from their album How to Make Enemies and Irritate People is named after the novel's main character, Holden Caulfield and written in response to Green Day's "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?". Pencey Prep was a band from New Jersey formed by Frank Iero. The name of the band is a reference to the school ...