J. D. Salinger Influences

Salinger isolated himself in the 1950s in Rural New Hampshire, until his death in 2010. People say he was working on a new book, which would be set in the modern era, showcasing his original natural talent in a new light all together. However no evidence was brought to light following his death, and many suspect he became an isolated

Salinger’s early adult life revolved around his experiences in WWII. In 1942, Salinger was drafted for the war and fought in Europe. While J.D. Salinger was writing The Catcher in the Rye, he was experiencing difficult times in his life. Salinger was married twice and both marriages ended up with a divorce. Salinger’s first wife was Sylvia, which divorced him after a year of marriage. In 1955, Salinger remarried Claire Douglas; they had a daughter together in 1955 and a son in 1960 (Miller 552). Salinger and Claire Douglas marriage also didn 't last long and ended in a divorce. Both Salinger’s childhood and adulthood influenced his writing career.

He was the youngest in his family with his parents having a thriving import business. Despite his apparent intellect Salinger flunked out of school, his parents ent him to Valley Forge Military Academy. After graduating from Valley Forge his father encouraged him to head to Europe to learn another language and learn the art of the import business. Upon returning home Salinger mad another attempt at college at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and taking night classes at Columbia University. There Salinger met Professor Whit Burnett who also happened to be the editor of Story magazine. Burnett sensed Salinger's talent for writing and pushed him to use his creativity to the very limit. His work was finally gaining attention until WWII following the attack on pearl harbor he was drafted into the military serving from 1942-’44. During his time in the military Salinger continued to write, assembling chapters for his new novel who contained a very complicated teenager afraid to grow up. After the war Salinger was checked into a hospital for trauma and suffering a nervous breakdown. Not many people are sure what happened around that time but soon after he married a woman named Sylvia their time together was short only eight months. He married again in 1995 with Claire Douglas they had two children together, Margaret and

J.D. Salinger has written multiple novels, but his most famous is The Catcher in the Rye. Not only is this novel famous for its literary merit, it is also known as his most banned novel in certain schools. Even though this novel has been banned, J.D. Salinger’s themes and moralistic purposes serve literary worth.

Salinger grew up in New York City, and majority of the book “The Catcher in the Rye” took place in New York City. D.B. and Salinger have another similar feature. Salinger entered the military in 1942. While Salinger was in the war he wrote. He published “Slight Rebellion of Madison” in 1946, but it later became “The Catcher in the Rye”. Holden’s brother also wrote while he was in the military. The war both gave them something to write about. In the book Salinger wrote, “My brother D.B. was in the Army for four years. He was in the war, too—he landed on D-Day and all—but I really think he hated the Army worse than the war. I was practically a child at the time, but I remember when he used to come home on furlough and all, all he did was lie on his bed, practically. He hardly ever even came in the living room. Later, when he went overseas and was in

Early in Salinger's life, he faced one the cultural illnesses widespread in the North Eastern states of America.  It was the virulent disease of anti-Semitism.  Salinger lived in New York City, where he was raised as the son of Jewish parents.  The 1920's and 1930's were a time in America when Anti-Semitism was written into the policies of many institutions.  His heritage automatically deprived him from attending the best colleges: Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth.  He was prevented from belonging to certain social clubs, from certain professions, and from the rank of officer in the U. S. Military.

He was later sent to a military academy, from which he was graduated in 1936. Although he participated in some extra-curricular activities, it appears he did so for the sake of pleasing others and was more interested in writing, which he often did after "lights-out" under the covers of his bed. He had one sibling just like Holden did, a sister as a matter of fact, although she was older and did not die in a tragic manner (Bryan 1066). Like most writers, Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye was J.D. Salinger’s first step onto the literary playing field. This commencing status left Salinger, as a serious author, unique as a sort of liberated agent, not confine to one or more schools of critics, resembling many of his contemporaries were.

In 1942, Salinger was drafted into the army and was a member of the Counter Intelligence Corps. After World War II, he was hospitalized in Germany for psychiatric treatment. In 1951, Salinger's only novel was published, Catcher in the Rye. His collection of short stories: Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction were published in 1953, 1961, and 1963 respectively. In 1953, he moved to Cornish, New Hampshire to escape publicity. On February 17, 1955, J. D. married Claire Douglas and had two children, Matthew and Margaret. The couple divorced in 1967. Since the late 80s Salinger has been married to Colleen O'Neill. Little is known about his life after the late 1950's. Salinger died of natural causes on January 27, 2010.

Many authors put their own life as inspiration towards their works and characters. J.D. Salinger’s character development of Holden Caulfield has been affected by Salinger’s complications in his school life, devastating past relationships, and overwhelming traumatic events during his pre-The Catcher in the Rye adulthood.

Salinger was born in New York City an attended public school until he switched to the exclusive McBurney School. In attending this school, Salinger was called an “academically unexceptional student”. After this he was sent to the Valley Forge Military Academy. During his time there he added to the literary magazine and yearbook. After this he went on to NYU for a short amount of time.

In the short documentary Salinger, it shows in Salinger’s life what was most influential while writing Catcher in the Rye. All of his rejection in life help create the man he was recently slowly eroding his innocence throughout his life, the gradual destruction or diminution of his innocence. J.D. has made himself stronger every time someone or something brought him down, he proceeded with the future and no to live in the past. For example his first true love, and every other girl that he ended up having relations was significantly younger than him.

The Emotions of Fiction Characters Salinger’s childhood has no episodes that would give Salinger a reason to push his Characters over the line. When he was an adult, he was drafted into the second world war like many other people probably got Post, Traumatic, Stress, Disorder. Usually when a writer pushes his/her character over the edge it comes from their past. Even though Salinger spent time in World War II. However, this did not seem to faze his writing in the slightest.

Salinger was born in New York in 1919 and wrote The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, and the values in the book reflected values in America at that time. A major value which society followed during that era

Salinger, J(erome) D(avid) (1919- ), American novelist and short story writer, known for his stories dealing with the intellectual and emotional struggles of adolescents who are alienated from the empty, materialistic world of their parents. Salinger's work is marked by a profound sense of craftsmanship, a keen ear for dialogue, and a deep awareness of the frustrations of life in America after World War II (1939-1945).