And Holden would be there, catching them, before they went off the cliff--the "catcher in the rye." And that discovery was startling. Because all this time I'd thought of Holden as a catcher ...

Excerpts Here is the opening of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” narrated by Holden Caulfield, a tormented prep-school flunk-out who is headed for mental collapse.

When I first read The Catcher in the Rye, like the vast majority of my 11th grade peers, I hated Holden Caulfield. Apparently, hating Holden Caulfield is one of the markers of a Millennial reader.

Reading “The Catcher in the Rye” today is to identify with Holden Caulfield’s dissatisfaction with life’s limits and to share in the rare comforts he finds. Illustration: F. Martin Ramin ...

The late J.D. Salinger’s 1951 coming-of-age novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” is among my favorite books, although I’m hardly alone. Through Holden Caulfield, his troubled teenage ...

If you’re a bit late to this Salinger classic, let me fill you in — Holden Caulfield is a recently-expelled 16-year-old prep school student, and “The Catcher in the Rye” is his first-person retelling ...

The title of the book, "The Catcher in the Rye," connects to the first line by reflecting Holden's desire to protect the innocence of childhood. It’s funny. Don’t ever tell anybody anything.

Last week, a debate erupted on Twitter over J. D. Salinger’s 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye.A person posted a video on Twitter calling Holden Caulfield a first-generation incel and proto ...

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger depicts a few days in the life of 17-year-old Holden Caulfield after he gets kicked out of his prestigious boarding school, Pencey Prep, and roams through ...

Texas Bill Threatens Jail Time for Teaching Books Like “The Catcher in the Rye” It’s a pretty “crummy” situation, as Holden Caulfield might say.