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1. Holden Caulfield - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Caulfield
Description: WEBHolden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of The Catcher in the Rye. The novel recounts Holden's week in New York City during Christmas break, circa 1948/1949, following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania based loosely on Salinger's alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy. Holden Caulfield tells …
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2. Holden Caulfield Character Analysis in The Catcher in the Rye - SparkNotes
Link: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/character/holden-caulfield/
Description: WEBThe obvious signs that Holden is a troubled and unreliable narrator are manifold: he fails out of four schools; he manifests complete apathy toward his future; he is hospitalized, and visited by a psychoanalyst, for an unspecified complaint; and …
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3. Holden Caulfield | Rebel, Loner & Outsider | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Holden-Caulfield
Description: WEBHolden Caulfield, fictional character, the teenaged protagonist and narrator of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951). A sensitive, rebellious 16-year-old, Caulfield is expelled from prep school. Afraid to go home to his parents in New York City, he spends a few days alone in.
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4. Holden Caulfield - CliffsNotes
Link: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-catcher-in-the-rye/character-analysis/holden-caulfield
Description: WEBHolden Caulfield, the 17-year-old narrator and protagonist of the novel, speaks to the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern California. The novel is a frame story (a story within a certain fictional framework) in the form of a long flashback.
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5. Holden Caulfield Character Analysis in The Catcher in the Rye - LitCharts
Link: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-catcher-in-the-rye/characters/holden-caulfield
Description: WEBPhoebe Caulfield. The novel's narrator and protagonist, Holden is a high school junior who has flunked out of prep school several times. He is from New York City, where his younger sister, Phoebe, still lives with his parents. Holden also has a deceased younger brother, Allie, and an older brother, D.B.
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6. The Catcher in the Rye - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_catcher_in_the_rye
Description: WEBThe main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on a wide variety of topics as he narrates his recent life events. The Catcher has been translated widely. About one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books.
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7. Holden Caulfield Character Analysis - eNotes.com
Link: https://www.enotes.com/topics/catcher-in-the-rye/characters/holden
Description: WEBStart Free Trial. Holden Caulfield. PDF Share. Extended Character Analysis. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, the jaded, brash, and irreverent protagonist....
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8. The Catcher in the Rye | Summary, Analysis, Reception, & Facts
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Catcher-in-the-Rye
Description: WEBThe Catcher in the Rye, novel by J.D. Salinger (1951). Its teenage protagonist, Holden Caulfield, recounts a few days in his life, showcasing his confusion and disillusionment. Holden desperately searches for truth among the ‘phonies,’ which causes him to become increasingly unstable emotionally.
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9. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
Description: WEBIt's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school... Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends.
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10. Holden Caulfield at Fifty | The New Yorker
Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/10/01/holden-at-fifty
Description: WEBSep 24, 2001 · Holden Caulfield is their sorrow king. Americans who grew up in later decades still read Salinger’s novel, but they have their own versions of his story, with different flavors of...