The Catcher in the Rye
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2  Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26
Themes
All Themes Phoniness Alienation and Meltdown Women and Sex Childhood and Growing Up Madness, Depression, Suicide
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Holden Caulfield Phoebe Caulfield Mr. Antolini Jane Gallagher Ward Stradlater Robert Ackley Sally Hayes Allie Caulfield D.B. Caulfield Mr. Spencer James Castle Faith Cavendish Carl Luce Maurice Sunny Horwitz Bernice Krebs Ernest’s Mother (Mrs. Morrow) Ernie
Symbols
All Symbols The Catcher in the Rye Holden’s Red Hunting Hat The Ducks in the Lagoon in Central Park The Museum of Natural History
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Setting Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
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The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye Literary Devices

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