Part 1 of Essay
In all literary works of art, the author chooses a tone to exhibit throughout the story line of his writing. That statement holds true about J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Some authors use comedy, others pure entertainment, but Mr. Salinger decided to set a “real life” tone to this particular n ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... his human condition. It’s told in a monologist manner so it can describe Holden’s thoughts and feelings. Holden Caulfield is a teenager growing up in 1950s New York. He has suffered through several school expulsions due to his poor achievement. In an attempt to deal with being expelled from private school he leaves school a few days prior to the end of the term, and goes to New York to ‘take a vacation’ before he returns to his parents inevitable wrath. He assumes that if he can run a ....