The Catcher in The Rye Written By: J.D. Sallinger "The Catcher in the Rye" is a story of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this story in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of a young Boy trying to grow up in an Adult world, and trying to show that he is an Adult. As Holden is …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

…showed last 75 words of 276 total…The Story really begins and ends in the Mental Hospital or Resting Home as he calles it. The story ends as Holden is talking to a Doctor as if he were telling this whole story to the Doctor. This is a symbolic ending to this story, becuase Holden always thought that he didn't need to share his depressing stories with other people. Also, he didn't like listening to other people tell him their depressing stories.