Catcher In The Rye Songs

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To start the film for The Catcher in the Rye, a song that could get the soundtrack going is “One” as sung by Aimee Mann. The song “One” could actually be used in many different scenes from the novel. As it talks about the number one being “the loneliest number that you'll ever know,” just about any time that Holden is by himself feeling lonely, this song would match perfectly. But since that is the case, then the first time we see him alone would be the perfect time to introduce this theme of loneliness and alienation that is expressed both in the novel and in the song.
As Holden walks toward the football game, the opening lyrics “One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do / Two can be as bad as one / It's the loneliest number since

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