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Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year-old boy who is trying to understand why the world is the way it is. Throughout his expedition, he meets several of what he calls, phonies, and he is traumatically exposed to the hypocrisy and the ugliness in the world. Holden spends a majority of the book, wandering the streets of New York, and is feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness. He turns to several things as a means of protection and companion, but in the end, all it took was a little love and caring from his family.

Born in Manhattan in 1919, J.D. Salinger grew up in an upper class neighborhood in New York City. Bouncing around from various prep schools, failing out of most of them, Salinger finally settled down at Valley Forge Military Academy. There he turned his act around and was not only involved in a number of clubs and activities, but was also very successful. Upon graduating, Salinger went on to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he befriended Ernest Hemingway, which helped to launch his writing career.

Salinger's most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, ironically is autobiographical in nature. A major similarity between Salinger and his character is their " inability to cope with situations they do not complete

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