The tangled, messy relationship between Max (William Holden) and Diana (Faye Dunaway) was something I always saw as a ...

Caulfield: I moved to Athens from Atlanta in 2005, so "American Hero" was the first thing I did here. Before that, I was doing straight hip hop with my younger brother Jaimon, and we called ...

IDEAS J.D. Salinger’s pirates: An irresistible literary mystery, and the story of an obsession On the hunt for unauthorized editions of the stories the reclusive author of ‘The Catcher in the ...

Because he can’t recognize his own selfishness, Holden can’t mature; he can’t grow. Flannery O’Connor’s critique of Holden Caulfield was ultimately a critique of me. As a parish priest, I had often ...

So long, Holden Caulfield. Welcome to the club, Mattie Ross.

Literature has the rare ability to truly touch our hearts, eliciting feelings that stay long after the final page is turned. Throughout literary history, several novels have brought readers to tears, ...

One of Holden’s quotes says “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on ...

Yes, Holden was a reflection of the author — a concept that has been written about ad nauseam since the book’s publication more than 70 years ago. And the purpose of the book was to show how “phony” ...

1.Complex and Relatable Protagonist: Holden Caulfield, the novel's protagonist, is one of the most iconic characters in literature. His struggles with adolescence, identity, and the transition to ...

Last week, a debate erupted on Twitter over J. D. Salinger’s 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye. A person posted a video on Twitter calling Holden Caulfield a first-generation incel and proto ...

Even still, these changes and morsels of character growth exist and are fulfilling for Holden to reflect on against the stable scenery. As chaotic of a character as he seems, Holden just wants a ...

I am writing in response to James Wallenstein’s excellent essay on “The Catcher in the Rye” (“Holden Caulfield, 70 years on,” Ideas, Nov. 21). I, too, read “Catcher,” as a 17-year ...