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Catcher in the Rye

              Catcher in the Rye by Jerome Salinger is based on a 16 year old young man.  The story
takes place in New York where the main character, a seventeen-year-old Holden Caulfield,has
many friends. He was kicked out ofPencey Prep, along with the two other schools before that, and
is afraid to gohome and tell his parents.  He wassupposed to leave Pencey Prep on a Wednesday
and finish out the semester andthen go home during Christmas break. Instead he leaves a few days
earlier and ventures out into New YorkCity.  The story focused around thepeople he meets and the
places he goes. Throughout the story, Holden has many flashbacks, where he remembers thepast
and tries to make sense of the present using the knowledge he gainedthrough his past experiences. 
He visits many actual places such as, Central Park, The American Museum of NaturalHistory, and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Holden is an adolescent boy on the edge of......

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