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J.D Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye An Introduction
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSR8J6 LUaT8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSR8J6 LUaT8 John Green Intro to Catcher
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America had won the War!!! We beat the Japanese! We beat the Germans! It was good to be in America! It was good to be an American!! Or was it…
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Was there a lingering angst in America?
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Enter J.D. Salinger Born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1919 Publishes Catcher in The Rye in 1951
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Salinger’s main character, Holden Caulfield epitomizes the growing pains of an entire generation of high school students
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Holden Caulfield comes from a wealthy background He attends a fancy boarding school He has all the assumed advantages and privileges American society can offer Yet still…
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He suffers.
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Quickwrite Imagine you’re rich and go to boarding school You have every opportunity to have power and influence in society Why might you still be unhappy?
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