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The Catcher In The Rye

The Catcher In The Rye. Fun Facts: Originally published for adults The novel's antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion and defiance. Widely controversial in U.S. for its blatant profanity and its demonstrations of teenage angst and sexuality. ~ J.D. Salinger

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The Catcher In The Rye

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  1. The Catcher In The Rye • Fun Facts: • Originally published for adults • The novel's antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion and defiance. • Widely controversial in U.S. for its blatant profanity and its demonstrations of teenage angst and sexuality. ~ J.D. Salinger 1951- 2010 

  2. I thought it was called Catch Her and The Rye? • Catcher in the Rye received its name from Scottish poet Robert Burns’ poem "Coming Through the Rye”. • Holden mistakes the lyrics of the poem: “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.”

  3. So, what’s a “Catcher in the Rye”? • The "catcher in the rye" is an analogy for Holden who sees these children playing tag as innocent and pure. Falling off the cliff would be a progression into adulthood and maturity, which he often views as a digression from this innocence into a negative world. Hint: this is the major THEME of the novel!

  4. Catcher and Pop-Culture… • Numerous murders have been speculated to be connected to the novel, leading the film Conspiracy Theory to show assassins brainwashed with an urge to purchase it. • The most well-known popular culture event associated with the novel is Mark David Chapman’s shooting of John Lennon. Chapman identified with the narrator, even wanting to change his name to Holden Caulfield. Chapman was found with a copy of the book the night he shot Lennon -- Chapman had written "This is my statement" inside and signed Holden's name. • Although Salinger has refused a film adaptation, many Hollywood films have based characters on Holden Caulfield.

  5. What? A book referred to in music? No way! • Bloodhound Gang’s song "Magna Cum Nada (Most Likely To Suck)" begins with "Why try? I'm that guy Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, put away 'cause he wasn't all there." • Green Day’s song "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" on their album Kerplunk! is based on how front man Billie Joe Armstrong could relate to Holden Caulfield as an outcast. Screeching Weasel responded with the song "I Wrote Holden Caulfield".

  6. What? A book whose symbols are referenced in popular music? No way! • Piebald’s song "Holden Caulfield" contains the lines "where do the ducks go in the wintertime" and “put my hat on and get out of here.” And speaking of symbols…

  7. Symbolism in Catcher Be on the lookout for these concrete items that represent abstract feelings/ideas: The ducks in Central Park

  8. NYC Natural History Museum

  9. Carousel in Central Park

  10. Allie’s baseball glove

  11. Jane Gallagher

  12. Red Hunting Hat

  13. What do you “know” about Catcher? • Heard it was a good book • Someone gets raped • Used for 10th grade critical paper • It has profanity • John Lennon got shot and book was left by his body • Talks about hookers • About a depressed kid • The main character complains the whole time • Boring and long • Kind of sad TRUE Implied date rape TRUE in many classes TRUE NOT QUITE TRUE TRUE – Holden’s a teenager; he’s thinking about sex! We’ll decide for ourselves if Holden actually suffers from depression. See previous bullet FALSE – lots happens; shorter than All Quiet & TTC! TRUE, but you won’t cry

  14. As you read ~ terms to know • pacifist – one who does not believe in war • scrupulous – extremely conscientious; careful, paying attention to details; obsessive in deciding what is morally right or wrong. • furlough – a leave of absence from military duty • psychoanalyze – to treat or investigate through analysis • halitosis – bad breath (Ackley)

  15. 6. sacrilegious – violation of something consecrated to God; disrespectful of something sacred 7. inferiority complex – neurotic condition resulting from feelings of inferiority (insecure); feelings of inadequacy 8. rye – hardy annual cereal grass grown for grain; whiskey 9. grippe – influenza (flu) 10. qualm – a sudden feeling of doubt, uneasiness or misgiving 11. ostracized – to exclude from a group by common consent 12. clavichord – an early keyboard instrument (prior to piano)

  16. 13. blasé – having indulged in pleasures so much as to be somewhat weary of it; satiated and bored 14. monotonous – uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone. 15. chiffonier (TKAM) – a narrow high chest of drawers, often with a mirror.

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