The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
This is the story of Holden Caulfield, a boy with a lot of attitude who has been kicked out from Pencey Prep School in Pennsylvania because he failed all of the exams, except for the English one.
He has some friends there such as Robert Ackley, Stradlater and Jane Gallagher (he has some feelings for her). Stradlater is dating her but Holden is not too excited about the idea, but despite of this, he writes an English composition for Stradlater.
This writing composition is about Holden's younger brother Allie who died of leukemia. The composition tells about Allie's left-handed baseball mitt which had green ink written poems on it in order to Allie read them while being out in the field. The night Allie died, Holden was so sad, frustrated and devastated, that he broke all the windows in the garage with his hand. That is why he is unable to make a good fist.
Ward Stradlater and Jane Gallagher come back from their date and Holden is asking if they had any kind of intimacy. Ward Stradlater avoids to say a word, Holden tries to force him and Ward punches him in his nose. After this incident, Holden finds himself fed up with everything and everyone, and decides to leave Pencey in that right moment. He thinks about a plan for not letting his parents know that he has gotten the ax, so he goes to New York.
Once there, he gets a pretty hotel room and tries to get lucky (without succeeding). He reminds Jane, but not in sexual situations, just innocent stuff and holding hands.
He goes to Ernie's bar, where he can drink no matter the fact that he is a minor. But leaves the place because he does not want to be in trounble with adult people. Back in his room, he is with a prostitute whose name is Sunny, but they do not have sex because Holden prefers talking. Sunny gets bored and leaves with some of the Holden's money. Soon after, she comes back with her pimp for more money and the pimp punches Holden in the stomach.
Next morning, Holden makes a date with Sally Hayes (an old friend). When he is having breakfast, meets two nuns. He leaves and buys a record for his sister Phoebe.
After this, everything was weird, confusing, uncomfortable, frustrating and depressing for him before the appearance of Phoebe, the greatest girl in the World.
When they are talking, Holden opens up and says that he wishes to be the catcher in the rye. Phoebe tells him that he is misunderstanding that phrase that he heard from a song, actually is a poem by Robert Burns about bodies meeting bodies, not catching bodies.
He has some friends there such as Robert Ackley, Stradlater and Jane Gallagher (he has some feelings for her). Stradlater is dating her but Holden is not too excited about the idea, but despite of this, he writes an English composition for Stradlater.
This writing composition is about Holden's younger brother Allie who died of leukemia. The composition tells about Allie's left-handed baseball mitt which had green ink written poems on it in order to Allie read them while being out in the field. The night Allie died, Holden was so sad, frustrated and devastated, that he broke all the windows in the garage with his hand. That is why he is unable to make a good fist.
Ward Stradlater and Jane Gallagher come back from their date and Holden is asking if they had any kind of intimacy. Ward Stradlater avoids to say a word, Holden tries to force him and Ward punches him in his nose. After this incident, Holden finds himself fed up with everything and everyone, and decides to leave Pencey in that right moment. He thinks about a plan for not letting his parents know that he has gotten the ax, so he goes to New York.
Once there, he gets a pretty hotel room and tries to get lucky (without succeeding). He reminds Jane, but not in sexual situations, just innocent stuff and holding hands.
He goes to Ernie's bar, where he can drink no matter the fact that he is a minor. But leaves the place because he does not want to be in trounble with adult people. Back in his room, he is with a prostitute whose name is Sunny, but they do not have sex because Holden prefers talking. Sunny gets bored and leaves with some of the Holden's money. Soon after, she comes back with her pimp for more money and the pimp punches Holden in the stomach.
Next morning, Holden makes a date with Sally Hayes (an old friend). When he is having breakfast, meets two nuns. He leaves and buys a record for his sister Phoebe.
After this, everything was weird, confusing, uncomfortable, frustrating and depressing for him before the appearance of Phoebe, the greatest girl in the World.
When they are talking, Holden opens up and says that he wishes to be the catcher in the rye. Phoebe tells him that he is misunderstanding that phrase that he heard from a song, actually is a poem by Robert Burns about bodies meeting bodies, not catching bodies.
J. D. Salinger
Born on January 1, 1919, in New York, Jerome David Salinger was a literary giant
despite his slim body of work and reclusive lifestyle. His landmark
novel, The Catcher in the Rye, set a new course for literature
in post-WWII America and vaulted Salinger to the heights of literary
fame. In 1953, Salinger moved from New York City and led a secluded
life, only publishing one new story before his death.
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