The Catcher in the Rye

Quotes of Catcher In The Rye :

" Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules. -Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it. - Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right—I’ll admit that. But if you get...

Phoebe, a important character.

Phoebe is very much a paradoxical symbol. On the one hand she most definitely represents innocence, an innocence that Holden admires and tries desperately to preserve, not only in Phoebe but in society and in himself as well. However, Phoebe is very often...

The Catcher In The Rye : Summary

The story is about a 16 year old boy named Holden Caulfield. His story starts from a mental institution where he is currently undergoing treatment for a nervous breakdown which he suffered after being kicked out of Pencey Prep. He had been kicked out...

Characters of The Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield: He's the protagonist and the narator of he novel. It's a teenager. At the age of sixteen he is expelled from his high school, Pencey Prep. He is intelligent and sensitive but hide it, exaggerating everyting, being someone else. He is...

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a famous book sold over 5 million copies in the world wide. It's considered as the best novel of the 20th century by Time Magazine. It has been a lot of criticize because of the vulgar language and the sex present in the book....

Short biography of J.D Salinger

He was born in 1919 in New York City. His parents were Sol and Miriam. He served in Wordl War II. He is a popular and influential author of American fiction. He's the writter of The Catcher in the the Rye and Franny and Zoey. He had two children, Margaret...