The book The catcher in the RYE is a story from the point of view of Holden Caulfield who is a teenager that is writing the story from some sort of “mental hospital” because he “got t.b” (Salinger 3). Through out the story, Holden, explains the various problems he had growing up in the 1940s and 50s such as, coping with his brothers death and having to put up with a bully/ roommate he knows as Stradlater who is dating the girl he likes. During the story, Holden is forced to hop from school to school because he just doesn’t put in any effort. Holden goes back to see a teacher that taught at his first school, who says, “Do you feel absolutely no concern for your future, boy”(Salinger 6). After that, Holden goes to a new school where he meets
