Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, the reader is presented with various symbols. ... In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden, the narrator, uses symbols and archetypes to relate back to the major themes of the novel: protection, preservation, and innocence. ... The Catcher in the Rye was a very powerful and symbolic book written from the position of a troubled teenager, Holden. ...

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• Grade Level: High School