That night, Holden decides to go to a Cary Grant comedy with Mal Brossard and Ackley. He is distressed to learn that Stradlater's date is Jane Gallagher, with whom Holden was infatuated and whom he feels the need to protect. Holden and Stradlater normally hang out well together, and Holden admires Stradlater's physique. Later, Holden agrees to write an English composition for his roommate, Ward Stradlater, who is leaving for a date. Holden, who feels sorry for Ackley, tolerates his presence. Spencer offers him advice and simultaneously embarrasses Holden by criticizing his history exam.īack at his dorm, Holden's dorm neighbor, Robert Ackley, who is unpopular among his peers, disturbs Holden with his impolite questioning and mannerisms. Spencer, who is a well-meaning but long-winded old man. After causing the fencing team to forfeit a fencing match in New York because he accidentally lost the team’s equipment on the subway, he says goodbye to his history teacher, Mr. Holden has just been expelled from Pencey because he had failed all of his classes except English. Holden Caulfield recalls the events of a weekend (Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon) shortly before the previous year's Christmas, beginning at Pencey Preparatory Academy, a boarding school in Pennsylvania that Salinger may have based on the Valley Forge Military Academy and College.
In 2003, it was listed at number 15 on the BBC's survey " The Big Read".
The novel was included on Time 's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. About one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books. Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on a wide variety of topics as he narrates his recent life events. The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society. Salinger that was partially published in serial form 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. The Catcher in the Rye is an American novel by J.
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