Introduction and thesis statement-
Catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger has it’s setting primarily centered in post-war 1940s New York city but starts off in the fictional town of Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Holden Caulfield is a high school student who drops out of Pencey Prep due to his poor grades. This leads him to return home to New York where he bides his time staying away from his home but in a instance returns home to visit his sister for a time, he travels from hotel to hotel with a few bars as well meeting a couple of old acquaintances along the way until he eventually returns once again home to comfort his sister. I believe that Holden wishes to desperately cling to the past and his own preconceptions