Part one of term paper
The Catcher in the Rye is an American novel written by J.D. Salenger, and is about a dysfunctional teenager named Holden Caulfield. Holden spends most of the book roaming the streets of New Yourk City. Holden suffers from mental depression and is on a course toward a mental breakdown. He becomes delusional and finds himself walking the st ...

Part two of term paper
... at a school called Pencey Prep, and of the situations leading to his psychological meltdown. As the story starts we find that Holden has been expelled from Pencey for academic failure, and is on his way to say good-by to old Spencer, his history teacher. Spencer is a depressing old man suffering from grippe. While talking with Mr. Spencer, Holden shows his first signs of his depression. After an unpleasant evening with his arrogant roommate Stradlater and their pimply faced next-door neighbo ...