An introduction to Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" discusses the author's life, his perceptions of society in the 1950s, and the novel's plot, characters, and themes.
Sanford Pinsker's reading of the catcher in the Rye goes through the novel chronologically, in a manner perfectly conducive to side-by-side reading, and provides helpful chapters on historical background and critical reception.
J. D. Salinger's THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is popular in high school literature courses; it is also one of the most banned books in America, with Holden Caulfield perceived as either an innocent adrift in a difficult world, or else a subversiv...
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