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Related Historical Events: Many parallels exist between Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye, and J. Even if that's true, it's difficult to trace any particular author's influence in Catcher because it's written in such a fresh and unique voice with a degree of candor and brashness perhaps unprecedented in American fiction. It is known that during World War II he met with Ernest Hemingway in Paris, which suggests that Salinger admired Hemingway's work. Antolini's apartment Protagonist: Holden Caulfield Antagonist: Stradlater, Phonies, and Adults Point of View: First person (Holden is the narrator) HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT When Published: 1951 BACKGROUND INFO Literary Period: Modern American Related Literary Works: Not much is known about the influences Salinger drew upon to write The Catcher in the Rye.

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KEY FACTS Full Title: The Catcher in the Rye Genre: Coming-of-Age Novel (Bildungsroman) Setting: Agerstown, Pennsylvania and Manhattan, New York in Climax: When Holden leaves Mr.

He continues to avoid contact with the media, and has ceased to publish. Salinger hated his sudden fame and retired from New York to Cornish, New Hampshire, where he has lived ever since. He went on to publish many stories in the New Yorker, the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and others from 1941 to In 1951 he published his only full-length novel, The Catcher in the Rye, which rocketed Salinger into the public eye. During World War II, Salinger ended up in the Army's infantry division and served in combat, including the invasion of Normandy in Salinger continued to write during the war and in 1940 he published his first short story in Story magazine. He took a fiction writing class in 1939 at Columbia that cemented the dabbling he had done in writing since his early teens. After struggling in several prep schools, Salinger attended Valley Forge Military Academy from He went on to enroll in several colleges, including New York University and Columbia, though he never graduated. His father was a successful Jewish cheese importer, and his mother was Scotch-Irish Catholic.

Salinger Date of Birth: JanuPlace of Birth: New York City Brief Life Story: Jerome David Salinger grew up on Park Avenue in New York.

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