Catcher In the Rye (Context and Analysis)

Catcher In The Rye
Context and Analysis
Catcher in the Rye is a story of a young boy, Holden Caulfield's coming of age. It takes place at a time when he has been kicked out of 4 schools for failing to 'apply' himself. After being kicked out of his latest school he decides to take a 'vacation' before finally returning home to face his parents' imminent and inevitable wrath.
Holden Caulfield in a way personifies teenage angst and dilemma. He does not wish to become an adult in the sense that he does not want to work and earn money and live a phony existence but, he does want to become an ad…