The CATCHER in the RYE CHRISTINA MONCADA Pages

The CATCHER in the RYE CHRISTINA MONCADA Pages 1 -6

J. D Salinger American Writer “There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. -J. D

J. D Salinger ❖ ❖ ❖ Jerome David Salinger was Born January 1, 1919 in NYC. He was the youngest of two children. He was a 20 th-Century American Writer, BEST known for his 1951 Land Mark novel, Catcher in the Rye. It was his ONLY novel ever published. After flunking out of Mc. Burney School in 1932, his parents shipped him off to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania. Where he was very active in drama, singing clubs, and began writing. He attended New York University briefly following prep; but withdrew, to move to Australia to study the meat packing business on the advice of his father. After returning home, he attempted college at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania before coming back to New York and taking classes at Columbia University in 1939, where he enrolled in a short-story writing course and met his friend and lifelong mentor, Whit Burnett, who encouraged his writing career. Salinger was drafted in the U. S Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he served from 1942 -1944. During his service, is when he started writing Catcher in the Rye. His experiences during the war shaped his writing forever. ❖ After the war he suffered with PTSD , and spent sometime in a Mental Hospital. ❖ He was Married 3 times. Had two children with his second wife, Clair Douglas. ❖ He Lived a secluded life in Cornish, New Hampshire till his death on January 27, 2010. He died at the age of 91.

Pages 1 -6 Summary ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Introduced to the main character and narrator of the novel, Holden Caulfield. Holden tells us about all the madman stuff that happened to him last Christmas. It is “implied” that he writes this from a mental hospital. He takes us back to a year ago, on his last day at Prency Prep. Its his last day because he was expelled for failing all his classes, except english. This happened before, at two other schools. Instead of spending his time watching the last football game of the season, he goes to say goodbye to his favorite history teacher, Mr. Spencer. Because of his concerns for Holden’s future, this farewell quickly turns into Old Mr. Spencer lecturing him on his poor academic efforts. Holden does not blame Mr, Spencer for flunking him in History. He knows he deserved to fail. ‘ Page 6 ends mid lecture, When Mr. Spencer starts to read Holden's last exam paper out loud, Just to make a point of how awful it was. Leaving Holden very irritated annoyed.

Thoughts on The Catcher in the Rye ❖ ❖ Would stood out to me the most, was Holden Caulfield’s unfiltered, sarcastic, personality and J. D Salinger’s writing style. I really like books written in first-person. I think there is a bit of Holden in all of us. His conflict with who he wants to be and who society wants him to be is made evident, and what makes Holden very relatable in a way that many other classic characters are not.

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