The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger as Holden Caulfield :: Catcher Rye Essays

The catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger as Holden Caulfield       The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is home to the protagonist Holden Caulfield.  There is no coincidence that he holds a striking resemblance to the author of the apologue himself.  Salinger seemed to have a similar childhood as Holden describes in The Catcher in the Rye.  Both men in like manner seemed to have a authorized fascination with adolescenter children, especially younger women.  J.D. Salinger based one of his approximately famous characters, Holden Caulfield, on personal experience.         Holdens story in The Catcher in the Rye begins with Holden at his school, Pencey Preparatory, which is a boarding school.  He was sent in that location by his parents, who seemed to be withdrawn from his life.  Similarly, Salingers parents sent him to Valley Forge multitude School, where he had a neighbor who always seemed to be bargin g in, showing a resemblance to Ackley.  The reader learns that Holden is the son of wealthy parents from New York.  It turns out that J.D. Salinger was also born in New York to upper-class parents.  It seems as though Holden Caulfields childhood is an identical match to that of J.D. Salingers.       Salinger had a deep love and fascination with young children, especially young women.  In the 1970s, Salinger maintained a close association with an eighteen year-old girl, Joyce Maynard, who eventually moved in with the author. J.D. Salinger continued to have galore(postnominal) relations with younger women, much like this one.  His fascination with young women is reflected in Holden, who has a similar mind-set.  Even as a seventeen year-old, Holden is chimerical with his perception of Jane Gallagher as a little girl.  It is this picture of innocence that Holden is in love with, and not what Jane is like now.  The concept o f, the catcher in the rye whisky, itself projects his arouse in children.  He day-dreams about standing at the knock against of the rye field catching any children that are too close to the edge of the cliff.