The Catcher in the Rye

Catcher In The Rye: Real Life Lessons The Catcher in The Rye, by J.D. Salinger has been on the required reading list in high schools across the nation since shortly after its publication in 1951. Though it has been criticized off and on by various critiques as being shallow, without plot and to fast it has held its placed in the English Departments for half a century. Part of what makes it a must read …

…any teenager in the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** WORKS CONSULTED McQuade, Molly. “Holden, Only Older. (J.D. Salinger’s later fiction) “ .Booklets. (1999): Nov, v96 i6 p604 Pearlman, Michael. “ The role of socioeconomic status in adolescent literature“.Adolescence. (1995): Spring, v30 n117 p223(9) Salinger, J.D. Salinger. “Catcher In The Rye. (L.B.Books, 1991) Whitfield, Stephen. “ Cherished and cursed: toward a social history of 'The Catcher in the Rye.' “The New England Quarterly. (1997): Dec, v70 n4 p567(34)