Catcher In The Rye Fact Sheet
Nolan Jakubik
Mrs. Sinders
3/21/17
Period 3
Independent Reading Project
Book Information
Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger. Date of Publication: July 16, 1951. Genre: Coming-of-age fiction.
Genre
The genre is coming of age. I believe the book meets the characteristics of this specific genre, because the entire book is about him growing up, and living on his own. He is around alcohol at the age of 16, so he is obviously growing up to become an adult. Not only is he just around it he drinks it nonstop, acting like he is already an adult.
Setting
The setting in The Catcher in the Rye takes places around the 1950’s in Pennsylvania and then later changes to take place in New York City.
Major Characters
The 3 major characters …show more content…
This quote is referring to Mr. Antolini. It shows that he drinks, and drinks a lot. Throughout the book, Holden drinks and gets drunk with his friends. Holden is only 17 and his friends and he drink all the time. This quote shows that Mr. Antolini drinks right in front of Holden, and doesn’t care if it’s a bad thing for him to see. Holden hasn’t grown up with a good role model, and Mr. Antolini is as close as he gets.
- “I figured I’d probably see them again, but not for years” (225). At this point Holden decides that he will move away from all his friends. This is a big point in the story because after not deciding where to go or what to do with his life for 5 years, he finally knows. At first, he says he won’t really miss anyone except his sister, but then later on states that he will end up missing a lot of people, even the ones he didn’t expect to.
Symbols & Motifs
The biggest symbol in the book is the “Catcher in the Rye”. Holden explains to Phoebe at the end, that he wants to be the Catcher in the Rye. He states he wants to catch kids as they fall off a cliff. In the end of the story he sends Phoebe on a carousel, and watches her ride all the way to the top. The carousel symbolizes his good bye message to Phoebe, since he is moving away. Relationships are a reoccurring motif in the novel. The relationships, gives him the opportunity to get away from the cage he is trapped in.
Authors
Mrs. Sinders
3/21/17
Period 3
Independent Reading Project
Book Information
Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger. Date of Publication: July 16, 1951. Genre: Coming-of-age fiction.
Genre
The genre is coming of age. I believe the book meets the characteristics of this specific genre, because the entire book is about him growing up, and living on his own. He is around alcohol at the age of 16, so he is obviously growing up to become an adult. Not only is he just around it he drinks it nonstop, acting like he is already an adult.
Setting
The setting in The Catcher in the Rye takes places around the 1950’s in Pennsylvania and then later changes to take place in New York City.
Major Characters
The 3 major characters …show more content…
This quote is referring to Mr. Antolini. It shows that he drinks, and drinks a lot. Throughout the book, Holden drinks and gets drunk with his friends. Holden is only 17 and his friends and he drink all the time. This quote shows that Mr. Antolini drinks right in front of Holden, and doesn’t care if it’s a bad thing for him to see. Holden hasn’t grown up with a good role model, and Mr. Antolini is as close as he gets.
- “I figured I’d probably see them again, but not for years” (225). At this point Holden decides that he will move away from all his friends. This is a big point in the story because after not deciding where to go or what to do with his life for 5 years, he finally knows. At first, he says he won’t really miss anyone except his sister, but then later on states that he will end up missing a lot of people, even the ones he didn’t expect to.
Symbols & Motifs
The biggest symbol in the book is the “Catcher in the Rye”. Holden explains to Phoebe at the end, that he wants to be the Catcher in the Rye. He states he wants to catch kids as they fall off a cliff. In the end of the story he sends Phoebe on a carousel, and watches her ride all the way to the top. The carousel symbolizes his good bye message to Phoebe, since he is moving away. Relationships are a reoccurring motif in the novel. The relationships, gives him the opportunity to get away from the cage he is trapped in.
Authors