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[245] The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger3 comments

Matthew wrote 5 hours ago: “Oh…well, about life being a game and all. And how you should play it according to the r … more →

Tags: American Literature, Books, Literature, The Catcher in the Rye

Reality Hunger

desario71 wrote 1 day ago: I already blogged about Zadie Smith’s response to David Shields’ Reality Hunger: A Manif … more →

Tags: Bill Murray, David Shields, Literary criticism, Literature, other people's writing, zadie smith

Catcher in the Finn or The Adventures of Huckleberry in the Rye1 comment

dmarshall58 wrote 2 days ago: Teaching Huck Finn after Catcher in the Rye, I’m struck—again—by how much the second book owes the f … more →

Tags: Art, Doubt, Education, essays, high school teaching, Laments, Mark Twain, Opinion, Teaching

25 Books, Book 12, Catcher in the Rye

shuggie wrote 1 week ago: Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield! What can you say about Holden Caulfield? He’s kind of anno … more →

Tags: 25 books, Reading, cathcer in the rye, Novel, Review

The Catcher in the Rye1 comment

smander wrote 2 weeks ago: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is of the bildungsroman genre; a coming-of-age story. It is … more →

Tags: Novels, related material, Belonging, Area of Study, hsc, Year 12, The Catcher in the Rye, Novel

Something Interesting About J.D. Salinger From A Documentary5 comments

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Images & Distorted Facts1 comment

Matty D wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve been reading a lot more recently, much about Bob Dylan. What I don’t understand is … more →

Tags: Music, Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Keats, the beatles

Influences (The Ugly)

bwmathews wrote 1 month ago: I know, I know. It’s been awhile. No excuses — I simply haven’t felt like writing, … more →

Tags: influences, Eli Wallach, Tom Clancy, Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener, Moby Dick, The Catcher in the Rye, The Ugly

Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?, and Literary Landscapes of the British Isles1 comment

tuulenhaiven wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been dipping into these books frequently since I found them at bookshops where I wasn … more →

Tags: non sense, Books, Reading, Authors, famous people, History, Novels, Proust, Wikipedia

“A Bunch of Actors”: Social Interaction as Performance in The Catcher in the Rye: Part III

kajltomas wrote 1 month ago: Editor’s Note: This is Part III of a III part series. For Part I, scroll down or click here. For Par … more →

Tags: Books, Catcher in the Rye, Teenagers, popular literature, American Literature, Children, Literature, adolescence, 1950s literature

Dear Franny and Zooey2 comments

margaret michelle wrote 1 month ago: Dear Franny and Zooey, Where, oh where, are you? Come home to me. I miss you– your plain white … more →

Tags: Love Letters, Books, Franny and Zooey, Catcher in the Rye, smoking, bonfire, BathTub

Of Mice and Misery

youngromantic wrote 1 month ago: For all of the classic books I love, there are those I hate. And the entire repertoire of some autho … more →

Tags: Bookworm, quarter-life crisis, Literature, Books, Kurt Vonnegut, Classic Books, Jack Kerouac, john steinbeck, Chuck Palahniuk

The Catcher in the Rye

Anuj wrote 1 month ago: In the year 1980, after Mark Chapman shot John Lennon dead, he sat on the sidewalk, took out a book … more →

Tags: Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, John Lennon, salinger

“A Bunch of Actors”: Social Interaction as Performance in The Catcher in the Rye: Part II1 comment

kajltomas wrote 1 month ago: Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a III part series. For Part I, scroll down or click here. Th … more →

Tags: Books, Catcher in the Rye, Teenagers, popular literature, American Literature, Children, Literature, adolescence, 1950s literature

"A Bunch of Actors": Social Interaction as Performance in The Catcher in the Rye1 comment

kajltomas wrote 1 month ago: In their book-length study on young adult/teen fiction, The Adolescent in the American Novel Since 1 … more →

Tags: Books, 1950, 1950s literature, Actors, adolescence, American Literature, angst, Catcher in the Rye, Children

A Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

General Tzso wrote 1 month ago: 9/31/09 First class work on modern par with Dickens. … more →

Tags: not secure, Opinion, Book Reviews, Articles, Book Review, unsecured, Opinions, The Catcher in the Rye, Criminal Idiocy Stalking Youth

Oh, and...

drunkinarowboat wrote 1 month ago: Juuuust reading a novel on a folding chair in the kitchen right now. Well, I stopped reading it. I b … more →

Tags: College, Family, New York City, TV, becoming your mother, glee, i'm becoming my mother, Living in New York City, New York City Quotes

Wrapping up: The Catcher in the Rye1 comment

albanypubliclibrary wrote 1 month ago: Thanks for reading The Catcher in the Rye with me this month — it’s interesting for me t … more →

Tags: Fiction, Classic Fiction, Books, Book Discussion, The Catcher in the Rye, Banned Books, challenged books, Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week

hmorba wrote 1 month ago: Banned Books Week is upon us once again, and this year it led me to do some reflecting on the subjec … more →

Tags: Books, Banned, Catcher in the Rye, Canterbury Tales, Call of the Wild, Chaucer, Jack London, Story, BLACKLISTED!\


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