Salinger Article

I used to article to connect Holden to JD Salinger. Salinger, like Holden, bounced around from school to school. I saw where the inspiration for the Catcher in the Rye came from. I thought it was very interesting that Salinger used a school he attended as a model for Pencey Prep. I think maybe the book could symbolize Salingers feelings about the world. Holden thought everyone was phony and he was secluded, but he was also lonely. I think Salinger could have felt that way too, but instead of going out like Holden did, he chose to close his door to the world.

Connections to Holden

I can connect to Holden in a lot of different ways, even though we are totally different. First, I can connect to Holden about the loss of a sibling. When i was 9, I lost my infant brother Satchel. At first it was a hard thing to understand since I was so young, but I learned more about it as I got older. Also, my parents did a good job of explaining the situation to my sister and I, and not withholding any information because of our age.
Next, I can connect to Holden because he still has his brothers baseball glove. My dad chose to name my little brother Satchel after his favorite baseball player, Satchel Page. So after my brother died, my dad watched a baseball game with his first son in the hospital. Since he always wanted to share his love of baseball with his son, he got Satchel a baseball glove, even though Satchel would never get to use it. The glove now sits in a case at my dads house as a memorial to Satchel. It has sentimental value, just as Allie's glove does to Holden.
The last thing I connected to Holden on was not a personal connection. When I was reading about Holden and his school work it completely reminded me of Billy. The way that Holden wrote his essay about the ancient Egyptians totally reminded me of something Billy would do.

JD Salinger

I think that JD Salingers family will try to keep away from the press and leave the manuscripts unpublished just as Salinger wished. The new books would probably create a craze in the liturature world. Everyone has been waiting for almost half a century for more books from Salinger because his previous books had such a huge impact. After all that time, people want to know what he was doing while out of the public eye. Now that Salinger is no longer living, the works have a chance of coming out.