While a soldier, he befriended Ernest Hemingway, which helped to launch his writing career. Salinger's most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, ironically is autobiographical in nature. ... Since The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger has written very little. ... Also, I wonder why Salinger hasn't written anything since The Catcher in the Rye. ... The setting of The Catcher in the Rye is set among downtown New York City in the 1950's, though this time period has no relevance to the story line. ...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Review of The Catcher in the Rye This novel takes place mostly in New York City in the 1950's although it begins at a private academy called Pencey Prep, just outside of the city. ... At the start of the novel Holden makes it clear that he is not writing his life story, about his childhood, or, as he puts it, "all that David Copperfield kind of crap." ... Holden is not a very popular or attractive person in society and he expresses, in writing, much animosity towards the "hot-shots" in life that seem to always get the breaks. ... What follows is Holden's journey through Ne...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I will comment on their style of writing and the techniques they use to present their characters. ... He looked around him and used what he saw, and may have experienced, to present Davy's view of the world. ... However Paddy doesn't know what has happened because Roddy Doyle doesn't go into great detail about it or doesn't attempt to explain it. ... Charles Dickens uses what life was like in the Victorian era, to influence his writing. ... The fact that Davy has this kind of relationship with his nurse is of no surprise because at this time it was common. ...

• Word Count: 2123
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School