Catcher in the Rye

Introduction

The story Catcher in the Rye is narrated by a juvenile man named Holden Caulfield in 1950s. The main character Holden is not worried about his position while he's narrating the story, but he cleared that he is undergoing treatment in a mental clinic or asylum. The events he narrated took place between the end of the school term and Christmas, when Holden turned sixteen years.

Qoutes from the book

American values

"The Catcher in the Rye," tells the story of an American boy named Holden Caulfield, who has been banned in many schools. It seems he is unable to adapt to the social context of American society and the appointment of capitalism. Has a set of values is very different from the society they live.

Holden, 16, recently began to emerge from the prestigious school and is afraid to return home. Worst nightmare can come to him if he returns - and his father threatened to send him to military visit.

Returns to his hometown Holden - New York, but doesn''t return to their homes. Moreover, walking in the city for three days, meeting a variety of characters, each representing an aspect of American society. It is stronger and more mature along the journey.

Holden believes in the values of truth and honesty, creativity, childness. Loves children and the world of childhood, and can not find their place in society that values success, money and material.

The story takes place in the period after the Second World War in the United States, and in light of the cold war. Holden says it stands for peace. He says that if a new war and would not die in battle.

In the end, Holden was admitted to a psychiatric institution, where he was treated in an attempt to try to adapt to American society in general.

“I am standing on the corner of some wild cliff. What I will do is to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff—I indicate if they're running and they don't see where they're going I will have to come out from some corner and catch them. That's what I'd do all the time. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all.” (Bloom, 98)

“Anyway, I keep imagining all these little kids playing some game in this big pasture of rye and all. Many of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody ...