Read this excerpt from a research paper that discusses the theme of the fear of growing up in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Which
sentences are examples of supporting evidence that comes from a primary source?
The Catcher in the Rye, which is set in the 1950s, is narrated by the protagonist, Holden Caulfield. This tale of adolescent angst was originally
written as a novel for adults but became popular with adolescents. Holden's fear of change and growing up comes through when he says,
The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobodyd move Nobodyd be different.
The only thing that would be different would be you."
The American writer and academic Louis Menand believes that this book is popularly assigned as a school reading because of its optimistic
ending. The novel teaches adolescents that "alienation is just a phase."
In A Reader's Companion to). D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," the author, Peter Beidler, divides and explains the novel in four parts, each
of which is set off by Holden's actions. For example, the first part, which constitutes the first seven chapters of the novel, is titled "Holden
says good-bye to Pencey."