![]() His adventure begins after he is kicked out of the prestigious Pencey Prep (which he believes to be full of “phonies”) and leaves the school a few days earlier than their Christmas break begins (since, you know, he’s already been kicked out). The novel is a bildungsroman of Holden Caulfield’s growth into maturity, although this is surprising as it seems Holden’s main goal to resist this growth into becoming an adult. The narrator provides clever insights, wit and dry, dark humour whilst reciting his story to the reader. He speaks to the reader from a psychiatric hospital in southern California, after suffering from depression. Salinger perfectly encompasses the severe reality faced by youths through the 17 -year- old male protagonist Holden Caulfield. ![]() ![]() Be undeterred by the fact The Catcher in the Rye was written in 1951 this controversial modern classic is a true masterpiece. ![]()
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