What is The Catcher in the Rye?
{{refimprove|date=May 2014}} {{italictitle}} '''''The Catcher in the Rye''''' is a [[novel]] by [[author]] [[J. D. Salinger]].<ref name=Yahoo>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_salinger;_ylt=AqV_9m6_MkLpq8NRkt0guZwEtbAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtZTg5cWFpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTI4L3VzX29iaXRfc2FsaW5nZXIEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDY2F0Y2hlcmludGhl|title='Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies|accessdate=2010-01-28|last=Italie|first=Hillel}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was first published in [[16 July]] [[1951]].<ref name=Yahoo/> The book is about a young man, Holden Caulfield, who travels home after being expelled from an exclusive [[school|preparatory school]]. Instead of going directly home, Caulfield takes a wandering trip, thinking about what he wants to tell his family, and how best to deal with being kicked out of school. Caulfield narrates the story himself, to a [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]]. (Hints are made as the story moves forward, that he is in a [[Psychiatric hospital|mental hospital]]. At the end of the book this is revealed.) The book contains many [[profanity|profanities]], and many people do not like the book for that reason. It was [[ban]]ned in many places. Other people see the profanity as Caulfield's way of showing his feelings of [[anger|frustration]] and [[social isolation|isolation]] with life. Many young people, boys in particular, relate to the story and its language, and feel that Caulfield would understand them if he knew them. For this reason, many schools require their students to read it. ==Related pages== * [[Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Catcher in the Rye}} [[Category:1951 books]] [[Category:20th-century American novels]] [[Category:New York City in fiction]] [[Category:Obscenity controversies]]