Unlike Holden, however, Salinger did well at the military academy and enjoyed it. He was fond of the military until his experience in WWII.
From 1937 to 1939 Salinger attended 3 different colleges including New York University (1937), Ursinus College (1938), and Columbia University (1939). In 1939 he took a class in short story writing at Columiba University under Whit Burnett where he worked on and published his first major piece of work, The Young Folks in Story magazine. .
Following the outbreak of WWII Salinger was drafted into the 12th infantry Regiment as a counter-intelligence officer. During the first months of the war in Europe he saw some of the heaviest fighting and published a few short stories. In the first couple weeks 75% of the soldiers in his division were killed followed by 125% in later weeks. After 4 months of combat and the liberation of Paris, Salinger checked himself into a military hospital for going "section8" in 1945. He was released in a few weeks and eventually discharged from the army. It took a lot of work to get discharged for reasons other than psychiatric reasons, but he managed to do it. Although some of his fictional characters were in the army, Salinger has never written about or even discussed the horror of what he experienced. .
After the War, Salinger devoted himself to writing. He established his reputation on the publication of his first and only novel to date, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), a coming of age tale based on the growing pains of central character, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield. He has also published 35 short stories including A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1963), which first appeared in The New Yorker and introduced readers to Seymour Glass, a character who appeared in Franny and Zooey (1961) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (both 1963) and who eventually committed suicide. Other short stories that the author has chosen to publish are collected in Nine Stories (1953).
Jerome David Salinger came into this world on January 1, 1919. ... Salinger's parents were Sol and Miriam Salinger (Ryan 2581). ... Salinger's grades at Valley Forge were satisfactory. ... Salinger, said that it appears unlikely that Salinger attended New York University for two years (French 23). ... Only one person has ever interviewed Salinger. ...
In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, Holden has found enormous corruption and vulgarity in society. ... In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, Holden wishes to be "The Catcher in the Rye" but realizes he cannot fill this position alone. ...
The author, JD Salinger, expresses his view of adolescence through the main character, Holden Caulfield. ... (Salinger 13) Holden finds himself questioning where he will go after his last day of Pencey. ... If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies- (Salinger 2). ... They can even have spit all over the pillow and they still look all right- (Salinger 159). ... (Sacks 445) Holden often expresses how some people are "goddam princes- (Salinger 134), and "bastards- (86). ...
In the drama Antigone by Sophocles and the novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger have major characters that change their outlook and viewpoints through out the story. ... Another example of irony in Antigone was Creon wouldn't change his decision because the people of Thebes would have thought he was weak even though they already thought he was weak because he didn't change his mind The novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger has a troubled teenage Holden Caufield, who struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. ...
JD salingers book, "Catcher in the rye" captures a few days in the life of Holden Caulfield. Holden's journey of self descovery begins when he is kicked out of Pencey College. Holden's feelings, the people he encounters and often his concerns are revealed to the reader through his thoughts. ...
In the book "The Catcher in the Rye," by JD Salinger, protagonist Holden Caulfield meets a variety of different female characters. ... When he gives his red hunting hat -right after he cries for a long time- to his little sister, Holden shows appreciation and love for Phoebe: "Then I took my hunting hat out of my pocket and gave it to her" (Salinger 180). ... I oughta go down and say hello to her, at least'" (Salinger 32). ... So what I did, I gave old Sally Hayes a buzz" (Salinger 150). ...
In the book catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger, Holden Caulfield, the main character is a negatively charged person, doesn't want himself or others around him to grow up and suffers from depression because of his brother's death. In JD Salinger's' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caulfield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. ...
Such is the case with Holden Caulfield, the main character in JD Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. ... Holden states, "I felt something rubbing on my head, some guy's hand" (Salinger 191). As Holden attempts to leave, he expresses his feelings by stating, "I was shaking like a madman" (Salinger 193). ... Such is the case when Holden enters the night club; he immediately feels the phoniness in the room and suggests his hatred for conformity by stating, "It's one of those places that were supposed to be very sophisticated and all, and the phonies are coming out of the ...
