Holden's Red Hunting Hat
The first time we read The Catcher in the Rye, we noticed that this red hat kept cropping up, but actually, we didn't really kn...Pencey Prep School and New York City in either 1948 or 1949.
Let's start with the date. Amazingly, Holden's story takes place over only three days, from Saturd...First Person (Central Narrator)
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. If I'm on the way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody a...Coming-Of-Age
The Catcher in the Rye shows the main character's movement from a position of so-called "innocence" to one of knowledge. In this case, Hol...Cynical, Judgmental, Humorous, Compassionate, Sad, Digressive
Much like the style, the tone of the novel is the tone of Holden Caulfield, since he's the one te...Slang and Otherwise Frowned-Upon Language
Since Holden is narrating his own story, the style of the novel is the same as the style of his own language, which i...What's up indeed. The first mention we get of this mysterious catcher in this mysterious rye is when Holden overhears a little kid singing, "If a body catch a body coming through the rye." Momentar...
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