And that can be confusing sometimes." And that's relatable. The despair. The confusion. Holden Caulfield needs a hug. "I wish Holden was a real person because I would be his friend," says Lazzaroni.

Some call him the original sullen teenager. Since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield — the funny, complex, wry protagonist of J.D. Salinger's classic The Catcher in the Rye — has given voice ...

Excerpts Here is the opening of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” narrated by Holden Caulfield, a tormented prep-school flunk-out who is headed for mental collapse. If you really ...

So many Catcher studies appeared that the '50s were dubbed "the Decade of Salinger"; contemporaneous writers complained of neglect as Holden Caulfield was compared not only to Huck Finn but to ...

Over the years the story--and voice--of Holden Caulfield has permeated our classrooms, shaped our youth culture and influenced the branding of American-style rebellion. Unlike its famously ...

From the first page, where narrator Holden Caulfield insists he won’t be sharing his “goddam autobiography or anything,” J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel was and remains irresistibly irreverent.

The fencing equipment Holden Caulfield leaves on the subway on the way to a prep school team match; his farewell visit up the hill to grippey Mr. Spencer, whose bedroom reeks of Vicks Nose Drops ...