How does Catcher in the Rye set a new course for literature in post WWII America? With a bang, post World War Two era literature was born however, J.D Salinger was not ready to go along with it. After World War Two, a time of conformity in America started. As a country we worked hard to do the right thing. We tried to unify ourselves as a country without a common enemy. For many years this was the setting for America in the 1940’s both in literature and government. Then came The Catcher in the Rye, this milestone in literature set the tone for modern day reading. The book follows Holden Caulfield through a few days as an adolescent, trying to discover himself, his identity, and his future. Throughout the book we see Holden torn between his
