Books of the Times: A Catcher in the Rye ( PDF version)Īrticle reflecting on Holden’s would-be 50th birthdayĪrticle on the 50th anniversary of “Catcher”‘s publicationĪrticle on the elusive author as he turns 90.
Of Teen Angst and an Author’s Alienation.
Interactive map that includes Salinger, and HoldenĪrticle that explores the attitudes of high school students in 2009 toward Holden Caulfield
Interactive Map: Walking in Holden’s Footsteps.
Related Times Resources on Salinger and “Catcher”Īssociated Press J.D. Rite of passage, almost as important as getting your learner’s permit.ĭoes “Catcher in the Rye” still speak to teenagers today? How do you teach it?īelow, some Times and Learning Network resources you might use along with our extensive new Text to Text lesson, which pairs a famous passage from “Catcher” with a Sunday Review article, “The Case for Delayed Adulthood.” Reading “Catcher” used to be an essential Sense of morality and distrust of the adult world, the novel struck a nerve in cold war America and quickly attained cult status, especially among the young. With its cynical, slangy vernacular voice (Holden’s two favorite expressions are “phony” and “goddam”), its sympathetic understanding of adolescence and its fierce if alienated Newly expelled from prep school, became America’s best-known literary truant since Huckleberry Finn. Though not everyone, teachers and librarians especially, was sure what to make of it, “Catcher” became an almost immediate best seller, and its narrator and main character, Holden Caulfield, a teenager Reading it used to be a “rite of passage”: In it, he describes the initial reaction to “Catcher” and how Salinger died in 2010, Charles McGrath wrote his Times obituary. From left, editions by Bantam Books, Hamish Hamilton, and Little, Brown & Company.
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