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#THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER HOW TO#

This passion reappears in select portions of Holden’s life later on in the novel. He sought to defend her honour against Ward, someone he knew only cared about having sex with her. In this case, for a young woman named Jane he met in Maine when he much younger. Through this scene I found myself introduced to the passion Holden feels only in very specific aspects of his life. Much bigger than Holden, Ward beats him handily.

#THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER HOW TO#

As I read, I relearned how to see through his eyes and come to an understanding of his personal, tortured vision of the transitory period between childhood and adulthood.Īfter being expelled, and before leaving the school, Holden engages in a fight with his roommate, Ward. I find one of the most wonderful aspects of the novel to be the way in which Salinger pulls the reader into Holden’s world.

His emotions are strong, his opinions are prominent and any depiction of another character, or even himself, is tinted by those emotional opinions. He is the perfect embodiment of what is known as an unreliable narrator.

The Catcher in the Rye is told from Holden’s perspective.

Holden spends most of his waking hours pushing back, mentally arguing with, and resisting participation in, the adult world. The novel opens with Holden learning he’s been expelled from yet another school, this doesn’t disappoint him as much as it reminds him of his irritation at the whole requirement. Having read this novel before, I went into The Catcher in the Rye remembering how moving I found Holden’s emotional journey. More so than even To Kill a Mockingbird.Įarly Printings are valuable: Prices range from $1000 or more for a nice second printing to about $100 for a tenth printing or so.īook Club Edition (with Salinger photo): $250 for a VG copy.The Adult World, Unreliable Narration and Growing Up Early Book Club editions with Salinger’s photo on the rear panel of the dust jacket are quite collectible and sought after. By the fourteenth printing they were stated like “fourteenth printing.”īook Club Editions are stated on the front dust jacket flap and have no price. The book in this example is the 11th printing. If it has the letters it is a facsimile (copy). Also look for the letters FEL somewhere on the front or rear dj flaps. The paper used in facsimile dust jackets is general fairly different from the original dust jackets.

Be on the lookout for FACSIMILE dust jackets.

Some state that the early printings have a slightly taller dj than the First Printing had.

That doesn’t mean it is a book club edition.)

No mention of the book of the month club on the front flap (although First Printings do have a statement on bottom of the the rear flap that says “A Book of the Month Club Selection”.

Photo of Salinger on back panel of dust jacket.

$3.00 price on front flap (probably not necessary).

Stated “FIRST EDITION” on copyright page.

The rear panel of the dust jacket has a photo of Salinger. The dust jacket is red and white with a horse and yellow and black lettering. It was bound in black cloth with silver lettering. It now regarded as one of the most important works of fiction of the 20th century. Salinger was published in 1951 by Little, Brown and Company in New York. The first edition of The Catcher in Rye by J.D.