Adolescent Rebellion In Catcher In The Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Anuncertain novel initially distributed for grown-ups, it has since gotten to be prominent with pre-adult perusers for its topics of adolescent anxiety and estrangement. It has been deciphered into very nearly the majority of the world 's significant dialects. Around 250,000 duplicates are sold every year with aggregate offers of more than 65 million books. The novel 's hero Holden Caulfield has turned into a symbol for adolescent defiance. The novel additionally manages complex issues of personality, having a place, misfortune, association, and distance.

Holden starts his story at Pencey Prep, an elite non-public school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday evening of the customary football diversion with opponent school Saxon Hall. Sadly, Holden winds up missing the diversion. As administrator of the fencing group, he loses their gear on a New York City metro prepare that morning, bringing about the abrogation of a match. He goes to the home of his History instructor named Mr. Spencer. Holden has been dislodged and isn 't to return after Christmas break, which starts the accompanying Wednesday. Spencer is a well-intentioned yet

Conversely, Louis Menand believed that educators allot the novel in light of the idealistic consummation, to show immature perusers that "estrangement is simply a stage." While Brooks kept up that Holden demonstrations his age, Menand asserted that Holden thinks as a grown-up, given his capacity to precisely see individuals and their thought processes, for example, when Phoebe expresses that she will go out west with Holden, and he instantly rejects this thought as absurd, much to Phoebe 's bafflement. Others highlight the problem of Holden 's state, in the middle of immaturity and adulthood. While Holden sees himself to be more astute than and as full grown as grown-ups, he is fast to end up passionate. "I felt sad as hellfire for..." is an expression he