Salinger was later shocked, heartbroken, and embittered to discover Oona's marriage to Charlie Chaplin, especially because of the huge age difference between them. Though later, Salinger proved himself a hypocrite by having many affairs with girls twenty and thirty years his junior.
In 1939, Salinger took a class on short story writing at Columbia University, taught by professor Whit Burnett, who was the editor and founder of Story Magazine, where J.D. later had short stories published. Salinger was drafted during World War II into the infantry that took part in the invasion of Normandy. During his time in Europe, Salinger was able to write short stories as well as meet Ernest Hemmingway. Although he later parodied and criticized Hemmingway, Salinger had a great appreciation for the author. Many speculate that the war greatly traumatized Salinger, and his daughter claims that he was likely one of the first U.S. soldiers to actually see what had been happening in the concentration camps. After four months of seeing first 75% of his platoon dying, and later 125% (the unit had continual replacements), Salinger checked himself into the hospital for "Section 8- psychiatric help. Salinger has never written about or publicly discussed any of his war experiences, though some of his fictional characters were in the army.
Salinger's first short story was featured in Story in 1940, and later on his stories were published in Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. After publishing "A Perfect Day for Bananafish- in the New Yorker, the magazine published almost all of his short stories from then on. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish- introduced Seymour Glass and the Glass family, which come up frequently in Salinger's later writings such as "Franny and Zooey,"" written in 1961, "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters,"" written in 1963, and "Seymour: An Introduction,"" also written in 1963. After publishing twenty stories in Collier's, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and New Yorker between 1941 and 1948, a pirated collection of his stories was published.
J.D. ... As recorded in J.D.'... As of 1966, Catcher in the Rye had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States (Vertical/Biography 7). As of 1966, Franny and Zooey shot to second place on the best -seller list (Vertical/Biography 7). ... J.D. ...
The Catcher in the Rye was a historical fiction based partially on the life and times of the author, J.D. Salinger. Though it was not a true biography of his life, there are similarities that lead to the conclusion that Salinger had a specific purpose of self-expression when he created the concept for this book, even if the specific details aren't that of himself or an actual person. ... J.D. ... While in school Salinger flunked out and never graduated college, just like Holden, and as an adult, Salinger sold out to Hollywood by letting them make his material into a movie, which wen...
Salinger has written the novel in such a way for a purpose: Much of what has happened in Salinger's life is discretely inserted in the novel using Holden's character. ... The life of J.D Salinger is connected to facts from the story in various ways. ... Salinger attended three different colleges. ... (Salinger, J.D., Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2002). ... He wrote an interesting and vigorous novel and was still able to place a biography of himself in the story without readers having to know that it all concluded to what his life was like. ...
Vera Brittain's reading entitled "Testament of Youth" is also a biography regarding her "War Generation" era of schooling. Manning Clarke's reading "The Ordeal" is also to be examined, along with Charles Dickens" play entitled "Book the First Sowing" and J.D Salinger's reading called "Teddy." ... Manning Clarke sees his start to education as an "ordeal" and so titles his biography regarding his schooling life. ... J.D. Salinger's reading entitled "Teddy" explores the very educated, intelligent and different mind of a 10-year-old boy named Ted...