Catcher in the Rye

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The novel engages/has historically engaged the unengaged and alienated. I've never read it with the aim of analyzing how Salinger managed to accomplish this with such a wide (and international) audience, particularly since Holden's world is rather small, and now, even a relic of the past. To what extent would Holden's world ever need to be re-designed to suit another culture/era given Salinger's demonstrated ability to make any such differences disappear?

Brenda