Part one of term paper
in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger 1953), is a novel told in an autobiographical manner which tracks Holden Caulfield on his two day sojourn through 1950’s New York City. This short twentieth century novel delves into the underlying problems that mire Caulfield to the point where ...

Part two of term paper
... the boy forever baffling. Caulfield’s apparent virtue helps to mask his true character. It’s not difficult to understand why readers have always ignored Holden’s grave deficiencies as a person (Branch 42). After all, "he is very appealing, on the surface" (Costello 95). He "genuinely appreciates brief and isolated instances of kindness" (Lee 263) and "accurately pinpoints phoniness in low and high places” (Edwards 556). Thus, it is easy to explain reader’s acceptance of him. “Indeed, the ...