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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
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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.
Gordon Lish's O. Henry Award-winning short story "For Jeromé—With Love and Kisses" (1977, collected in What I Know So Far, 1984) is a play on Salinger's "For Esmé—with Love and Squalor". [157] [158] In 2001, Menand wrote in The New Yorker that "Catcher in the Rye rewrites" among each new generation had become "a literary genre all its own ...
Not worth mentioning. --63.25.20.15 11:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC) If someone starts a "references in pop culture" section, it should be included. I don't know if one should be added because of the sheer number of reference. 66.167.148.135 03:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC) See Cultural references to the novel The Catcher in the Rye. –Pomte 03:17, 30 May ...
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In the 2019 anime film Weathering with You the protagonist Hodaka Morishima reads The Catcher in the Rye and has themes about it. [34] In the 2023 romantic comedy film Hit Man, one of the antagonists reads The Catcher in the Rye in a restaurant while waiting for the "Hit man" to show up. Which, when commented by the protagonist's co-worker ...
In memory of, we decided to take a look back of some his greatest quotes from the man himself. 11.) Dead Poet's Society %shareLinks-quote="Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives ...