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The Catcher
in the Rye
Karović Emela III3
Jerome David Salinger
- American writer best known for this book
- born on January 1, 1919
- died on January 27, 2010
His other works:
- Franny and Zooey
- Nine stories
- A perfect day for Banana fish
- Three Early stories
- The Laughing Man
- published in 1951
Genre: Realistic fiction, Coming-of-age
fiction, Young adult fiction
It was originally intended for adults but is
often read by adolescents for its critiques on
society.
It’s translated worldwide.
The Catcher in the Rye
Summary
- Holden is currently in mental hospital
- starts describing a two day event that happened
before previous Christmas
- Holden visits his history teacher Spencer and tells
him that he’s expelled from school after failing four
subjects
- his roommate Ward Stradlater asks him to write an
essay for English class while he goes out with
Holden’s friend Jane
- Holden writes about baseball glove that his younger
brother Allie owned but Ward wasn’t satisfied and
they had a fight which made Holden to go to New
York days before Christmas break.
- He goes to hotel where he sees some sexual scenes
out of his room then goes to a bar where he talked with
some woman. After that he went to another bar where
he meets his older brother’s ex-girlfriend
- He orders a prostitute to his hotel room, only to talk to
her
- Next day he calls his ex-girlfriend Sally to spend a
day with her but because of his comments she left
crying
- Later that day he meet his old classmate to drink but
he also left because of Holden’s immature comments
- He gets drunk and goes home to see
his younger sister Phoebe, his parents
weren’t home
- Phoebe is angry at him for not liking
anything and he tells her that he would
like to be a catcher in the rye
- He sneaks away when he heard his
parents coming home and he went to his
former English teacher Antolini
- he decided to sleep on his sofa but he’s woken up by
Antolini’s hand which was stroking Holden’s head.
Holden got scared that his techer might be a predator
and gay so he left his place running
- in the morning he goes to Phoebe’s school to tell her
to meet him near museum and that he will leave New
York
- Phoebe meets him and tells him that she wants to go
with him but he refuses to take her
- the novel ends with him being in hospital and he’s
planning to go ta a new school in fall
Characters
Symbols
Ducks
Holden is curious what will happen to ducks
in Central Park once winter comes. Here
ducks respresent him because he wonders
what will happen to him once he becomes
an adult and steps into a harsh adult world.
Symbols
Red hunting hat
For Holden this hat is source of security. He
wore it when he was writing an essay about
baseball glove that his brother used. He
wore it when he left the school and he also
gave that hat to Phoebe to shiled her from
adult world.
Symbols
The Museum Of Natural History
The museum represents the life that Holden
wants to live. He said that everything stays
the same in the museum the only thing that
changed is him. He want to live in the world
where evrything is simple and
understandable.
The end!

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  • 1. The Catcher in the Rye Karović Emela III3
  • 2. Jerome David Salinger - American writer best known for this book - born on January 1, 1919 - died on January 27, 2010 His other works: - Franny and Zooey - Nine stories - A perfect day for Banana fish - Three Early stories - The Laughing Man
  • 3. - published in 1951 Genre: Realistic fiction, Coming-of-age fiction, Young adult fiction It was originally intended for adults but is often read by adolescents for its critiques on society. It’s translated worldwide. The Catcher in the Rye
  • 4. Summary - Holden is currently in mental hospital - starts describing a two day event that happened before previous Christmas - Holden visits his history teacher Spencer and tells him that he’s expelled from school after failing four subjects - his roommate Ward Stradlater asks him to write an essay for English class while he goes out with Holden’s friend Jane - Holden writes about baseball glove that his younger brother Allie owned but Ward wasn’t satisfied and they had a fight which made Holden to go to New York days before Christmas break.
  • 5. - He goes to hotel where he sees some sexual scenes out of his room then goes to a bar where he talked with some woman. After that he went to another bar where he meets his older brother’s ex-girlfriend - He orders a prostitute to his hotel room, only to talk to her - Next day he calls his ex-girlfriend Sally to spend a day with her but because of his comments she left crying - Later that day he meet his old classmate to drink but he also left because of Holden’s immature comments
  • 6. - He gets drunk and goes home to see his younger sister Phoebe, his parents weren’t home - Phoebe is angry at him for not liking anything and he tells her that he would like to be a catcher in the rye - He sneaks away when he heard his parents coming home and he went to his former English teacher Antolini
  • 7. - he decided to sleep on his sofa but he’s woken up by Antolini’s hand which was stroking Holden’s head. Holden got scared that his techer might be a predator and gay so he left his place running - in the morning he goes to Phoebe’s school to tell her to meet him near museum and that he will leave New York - Phoebe meets him and tells him that she wants to go with him but he refuses to take her - the novel ends with him being in hospital and he’s planning to go ta a new school in fall
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  • 14. Symbols Ducks Holden is curious what will happen to ducks in Central Park once winter comes. Here ducks respresent him because he wonders what will happen to him once he becomes an adult and steps into a harsh adult world.
  • 15. Symbols Red hunting hat For Holden this hat is source of security. He wore it when he was writing an essay about baseball glove that his brother used. He wore it when he left the school and he also gave that hat to Phoebe to shiled her from adult world.
  • 16. Symbols The Museum Of Natural History The museum represents the life that Holden wants to live. He said that everything stays the same in the museum the only thing that changed is him. He want to live in the world where evrything is simple and understandable.