The Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield, the narrator of The Catcher in the Rye, begins with the novel with an authoritative statement that he does not intent for the novel to serve as his life story. Currently in psychiatric care, this teenager recalls what happened to him last Christmas, the story which forms the narrative basis for the novel. At the beginning of his story, Holden is a student at Pencey Prep School. Having …showed first 75 words of 1792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1792 total…d deal with the necessity of guarding and protecting the writer's source of creativity from the glare of the outside world. Maynard later became a published writer herself, publishing the comic novel To Die For and, in controversial move, publishing a memoir concerning her relationship with Salinger that implied that Salinger's demand for privacy stemmed from his awareness that his activities, such as several relationships with young women such as Maynard, would mar his reputation.