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  2. The Catcher in the Rye - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Holden Caulfield - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. The Catcher in the Rye in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In an episode of Family Guy, supporting character Glenn Quagmire launches into a tirade regarding reasons he doesn't like main character, Brian Griffin. One such reason is that he believes that Brian is the sort to lecture a woman with a primitive interpretation of The Catcher in the Rye and how Holden Caulfield is "some profound intellectual ...

  5. J. D. Salinger - Wikipedia

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    In the 2002 film The Good Girl, the character of Holden (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) adopts the name because of his admiration of The Catcher in the Rye. The anime TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex heavily references J. D. Salinger works including Catcher in the Rye, The Laughing Man and A Perfect Day for Banana Fish.

  6. Lists of fictional characters by work - Wikipedia

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    A list of lists of characters in fictional works, broken down by medium and sorted alphabetically by the name of the fictional work. Lists of book characters

  7. Ballpark de Tsukamaete! - Wikipedia

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    ' The Catcher in the Ballpark! ') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsurō Suga. It began serialization in Kodansha 's seinen manga magazine Morning in September 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by EMT Squared is set to premiere in April 2025.

  8. List of Game of Thrones characters - Wikipedia

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    Here the character Cleos Frey, also a cousin to the Lannisters, has the role of being a captive of House Stark and delivering terms to House Lannister. While held prisoner in the same cell he talks with his cousin Jaime at Stark's camp, he talks about the time he was allowed to prove himself by squiring for Jaime in a tourney, however during ...

  9. List of The Chosen characters - Wikipedia

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    The Chosen is an American historical drama television series created, directed and co-written by American filmmaker Dallas Jenkins. [1] It is the first multiseason series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. [2]