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Some background info Slide 2 Published in 1951 Author: J.D. Salinger Main character: Holden Caulfield More than 60 million copies sold to date (one of the worlds top sellers) J.D. Salinger has never let it be produced as a film Slide 3 Slide 4 One of the most frequently taught books, but also one of the most banned Banned in many areas, schools, etc. Why? Profanity, sex, alcohol abuse, prostitution Became a symbol of counterculture in the 50s and 60s (representative of alienation and isolation for the post-war generation) Slide 5 Mark David Chapman blamed his obsession with the book for making him shoot and kill John Lennon John Hinckley Jr. (the guy who tried to kill Ronald Reagan) was also a Holden Caulfield fan Slide 6 Comes from the poem Comin Thro the Rye by Robert Burns, written in 1782 Slide 7 Beowulf (2. 31, 15.20) "Lord Randal" (2.31, 15.20) "Lord Randal" Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa (3.4) Ring Lardner (3.4, 18.7) Ring Lardner Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native (3.4, 15.18, 15.20) Thomas Hardy Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (3.4)Of Human Bondage William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (15.20-27) William Shakespeare William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (15.20) William Shakespeare Robert Burns, "Comin Thro' the Rye" (16.3, 22.51-55) Robert Burns"Comin Thro' the Rye" William Shakespeare, Hamlet (16.6) William Shakespeare Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (18.5) Charles Dickens Rupert Brooke (18.7) Rupert Brooke Emily Dickinson (18.7) Emily Dickinson Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (18.7) Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (18.7) F. Scott Fitzgerald Slide 8 Historical Figures: Benedict Arnold (21.27, 25.56, 25.65) Benedict Arnold Wilhelm Stekel (24.54, 24.56) Wilhelm Stekel Slide 9 >The Atlantic Monthly (2.3) >The Atlantic Monthly Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (4.1) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Song of India (4.1) Song of India The Ziegfeld Follies (4.16) The Ziegfeld Follies Cary Grant (5.6) Cary Grant Vogue (8.50) Vogue The Baker's Wife (10.3) Raimu (10.3) Raimu The 39 Steps (10.3) The 39 Steps Robert Donat (10.3) Robert Donat Peter Lorre (10.23, 10.30) Peter Lorre Gary Cooper (10.43) Gary Cooper The Lunts (Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne) (16.6) The Lunts Sir Laurence Olivier (16.6) Sir Laurence Olivier The Saturday Evening Post (17.6) The Saturday Evening Post Slide 10 Movie: Conspiracy Theory Guns N Roses song: Catcher in the Rye Chinese rock band: Catcher in the Rye Green Day song: Who wrote Holden Caulfield? Influenced the writing of novels: Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and Ordinary People by Judith GuestLess Than ZeroBret Easton EllisThe Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen ChboskyA Complicated KindnessMiriam ToewsThe Bell JarSylvia PlathOrdinary PeopleJudith Guest The Ataris wrote a song where the first and last line of the lyrics are the same as the first and last line of the book The Catcher in the Rye was a main theme behind the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Slide 11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_refer ences_to_the_novel_The_Catcher_in_the_Ry e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_refer ences_to_the_novel_The_Catcher_in_the_Ry e