... culture and aesthetic of that nation (dressed in the wardrobe of the early to mid-nineties grunge music movement ) and influenced by its icons. In J.D.Salinger's classic novel, The Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield (the novel's hero/ anti-hero) comments on Olivier's Hamlet: "..terrific voice helluva handsome guy nice to watch when's he's walking or duelling or something but he wasn ... to today than Branagh ever could. "That's all I"m going to tell about I could probably tell you what I did after but I don't feel like it." - Holden Caulfield, the final chapter, The Catcher In The Rye...

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... attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania (1934-1936), which was the source for many of his critical and cynical descriptions of Pency Prep in Catcher in the Rye. (He later admitted to having fond feelings for the school, however.) This was where J.D. developed his sarcastic wit, and started writing. He ... on suicide. In a manner of speaking, because of his adamant reclusive behavior, Salinger is slowly killing himself. When Salinger wrote his first novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the book gained enormous success worldwide, was immediately a selection from the Book-of-the-Mon...

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• Grade Level: High School