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Dear Ruth is a 1947 American romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe and Edward Arnold. It was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. The film's plot concerns a teenage girl who uses her older sister's identity to communicate with a soldier pen pal.
The Holden Caulfield of “Slight Rebellion” exposes the pathetic disorientation of “an individual trapped by the limitations of his own experience.” [21] The story, with its autobiographical elements, reveals the dichotomy that characterized Salinger's outlook before 1942. [22]
Holden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of The Catcher in the Rye.The novel recounts Holden's week in New York City during Christmas break, circa 1948/1949, following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania based loosely on Salinger's alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy.
Holden Bowler (September 23, 1912 - October 31, 2001) was an American athlete, singer and businessman who served as the namesake for Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye and was the godfather of Judy Collins.
Screeching Weasel's "I Wrote Holden Caulfield" from their album How to Make Enemies and Irritate People is named after the novel's main character, Holden Caulfield and written in response to Green Day's "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?". Pencey Prep was a band from New Jersey formed by Frank Iero. The name of the band is a reference to the school ...
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Caulfield – An eight-year-old named by his parents after J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield. [14] Caulfield is a genius, but hates school because it fails to challenge him. [ 6 ] He spends a lot of time in detention [ 10 ] for speaking out in class, but whiles away the hours talking with Frazz.
The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. [6] Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on a wide variety of topics as he narrates his recent life events. The Catcher in the Rye has been translated widely. [7] About one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books. [8]