History+of+the+novel

This link leads you to a site with information on the history of catcher and why it was such a popular book in its time. In this link it gives you a overview of the book and what it is about and explains why the book was such a hit with the teenage audience. []

This link takes you to an interesting song written by the band green day. Lead singer of the band Billie Joe Armstrong in an interview remarked that in high school his teacher made him read //The Catcher In The Rye// by J.D. Salinger. He said that he didnt like the classic book because it was boring (i agree :D). When he became an adult he decided to read it again, as it was "Punk Rock." The narrator and main character of the novel is an outcast named Holden Caulfield - this song is about him. also i have included the song so you can listen to it. [] []

This link takes you to the song that inspired Holden to be "the catcher in the rye". Holden hears a child singing "comin thro the rye" and it makes him happy. Holden gets the vision of thousands of children runiing around in the rye with a cliff on one side of the field. If the children get to close to falling Holden will be there to catch them. []

The catcher in the rye has had a lot of succes due to the way that young adults or teenagers can relate to Holdens problems in life. Teenagers can relate to holden because he has the same problems that many teenagers experience them selves. The book sells around 250,000 copies each year with a total sales around 65 million copies. []