"The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) by J.D. Salinger is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a teenager expressing alienation and rebellion against adult hypocrisy. The novel details his emotional turmoil and search for authenticity.
J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) is narrated by 16-year-old Holden Caulfield, who rebels against societal phoniness. The novel recounts his disillusionment, emotional struggles, and alienation, particularly his complex feelings towards his sister Phoebe.
Front | Catcher in the Rye |
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Back | J. D. Salinger 1951 16-year-old Holden Caulfield narrates his own story of rebellion against the banality and phoniness of middle-class values he missed his young sister Phoebe and becomes increasingly depressed an unsuccessful encounter with a prostitute, and ends up in a skirmish with her pimp he met an old girl friend , Sally Hayes , and takes her skating an unsettling reunion with his former schoolteacher, Mr Antolini, who make homosexual advances to him he decided to leave but overwhelmed by his love for Phoebe |
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