Connecting Once Again

This article gives us a little bit of insight into J.D. Salinger's life. Just like many famous people his personal life is not well known to the world. Everyone needs their privacy and he took his to a point much farther than the average person. I believe that he based his character, Holden Caulfield, off himself. Salinger was thrown out of many schools as a teenager just as Holden is in The Catcher in the Rye. As a writer Salinger has chosen to expose his life to the outside world through only a few stories and a novel. This reinforces the fact that he does not want everyone to know exactly what is going on his life, but is willing to share about his childhood experiences.