1. Some background info…

2.  Published in 1951  Author: J.D. Salinger  Main character: Holden Caulfield  More than 60 million copies sold to date (one of the world’s top sellers)  J.D. Salinger has never let it be produced as a film

4.  One of the most frequently taught books, but also one of the most banned  Banned in many areas, schools, etc.  Why? Profanity, sex, alcohol abuse, prostitution…  Became a symbol of counterculture in the 50’s and 60’s (representative of alienation and isolation for the post-war generation)

5.  Mark David Chapman blamed his obsession with the book for making him shoot and kill John Lennon  John Hinckley Jr. (the guy who tried to kill Ronald Reagan) was also a Holden Caulfield fan

6. Comes from the poem “Comin’ Thro’ the Rye” by Robert Burns, written in 1782

7.  Beowulf (2. 31, 15.20)  "Lord Randal" (2.31, 15.20) "Lord Randal"  Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa (3.4)  Ring Lardner (3.4, 18.7) Ring Lardner  Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native (3.4, 15.18, 15.20) Thomas Hardy  Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (3.4)Of Human Bondage  William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (15.20-27) William Shakespeare  William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (15.20) William Shakespeare  Robert Burns, "Comin Thro' the Rye" (16.3, 22.51-55) Robert Burns"Comin Thro' the Rye"  William Shakespeare, Hamlet (16.6) William Shakespeare  Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (18.5) Charles Dickens  Rupert Brooke (18.7) Rupert Brooke  Emily Dickinson (18.7) Emily Dickinson  Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (18.7) Ernest Hemingway  F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (18.7) F. Scott Fitzgerald

8. Historical Figures:  Benedict Arnold (21.27, 25.56, 25.65) Benedict Arnold  Wilhelm Stekel (24.54, 24.56) Wilhelm Stekel

9.  >The Atlantic Monthly (2.3) >The Atlantic Monthly  Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (4.1) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue  Song of India (4.1) Song of India  The Ziegfeld Follies (4.16) The Ziegfeld Follies  Cary Grant (5.6) Cary Grant  Vogue (8.50) Vogue  The Baker's Wife (10.3)  Raimu (10.3) Raimu  The 39 Steps (10.3) The 39 Steps  Robert Donat (10.3) Robert Donat  Peter Lorre (10.23, 10.30) Peter Lorre  Gary Cooper (10.43) Gary Cooper  The Lunts (Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne) (16.6) The Lunts  Sir Laurence Olivier (16.6) Sir Laurence Olivier  The Saturday Evening Post (17.6) The Saturday Evening Post

10.  Movie: Conspiracy Theory  Guns N’ Roses song: “Catcher in the Rye”  Chinese rock band: Catcher in the Rye  Green Day song: “Who wrote Holden Caulfield?”  Influenced the writing of novels: Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and Ordinary People by Judith GuestLess Than ZeroBret Easton EllisThe Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen ChboskyA Complicated KindnessMiriam ToewsThe Bell JarSylvia PlathOrdinary PeopleJudith Guest  The Ataris wrote a song where the first and last line of the lyrics are the same as the first and last line of the book  The Catcher in the Rye was a main theme behind the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

11.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_refer ences_to_the_novel_The_Catcher_in_the_Ry e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_refer ences_to_the_novel_The_Catcher_in_the_Ry e