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J.D. Salinger could be considered one of the greatest, and most contrevertional authors of our time. We only know limited things about him and his work. He has been pushed off into the woods due to betrayal by his loved ones, and people close to him. Negative criticism of his work has also contributed to making him leave. Not to mention the biggest factor which made him want to be left alone, phoniness. These are the reasons that I believe why he wants to be left alone and not give interviews, this is also what fuels the press to keep chasing after J.D.
To give a brief biography of what J.D. did up until his name was heard of, here's how it all started. In 1934 J.D.'s father (Sol) enrolled him in Valley Forge Military Academy (Hamilton 18). After that in 1937 he went to Vienna and Poland briefly with his father to learn about the cheese and ham importing business(French 1). In 1938 he then went to Ursinus College in Pennsylvania where he wrote movie reviews in the......

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