banned from highschool classrooms, however close examination reveals it is merely the

expression of a disturbed adolescent and therefore appropriate. Salinger's background

and adolescence can be examined and compared to that of Holden Caulfield, the hero in

Catcher in the Rye, as well as Holden's deep emotions and intense feelings in order to

fully understand why the language was used.

J.D. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919. His father was Jewish and was very

prosperous (Stevenson 14). When he was 13 in 1932, he attended McBurney school of

Manhattan and failed out of the school at the end of the first quarter. Then

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)