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. If you really ...

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 ...

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I read “The Catcher in the Rye” for the first time as a college student, and now I’m convinced that most people read the book too early.

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.

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.

Holden Caulfield, the novel's protagonist, envisions himself as the "catcher" who stands in a field of rye and catches children who are about to fall off a cliff.

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (277 pp.)—J. D. Salinger—Little, Brown ($3). “Some of my best friends are children,” says Jerome David Salinger, 32. “In fact, all of my best friends are children ...

Can I ask?” My student stood next to my desk, computer resting on both hands, his eyes wide with a mixture of fear and excitement. We were wrapping up our end-of-book project for “The Catcher in the ...

Many classic works of literature, including The Odyssey, Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, have sexually explicit scenes.