The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

This novel expresses the moral revulsion of a sixteen-year-old boy

his age towards American society. Everyone is sickening and indignant, except for the children, especially the children who have died.

The key to this novel is the word "falsehood" which resonates throughout the novel. Except for the kids, they're all fake.

Hero Holden Caulfield's dream was to live in a cabin at the edge of a forest. Where no human being is found. Reflectively, the author later realized this dream. He has removed himself from American society to live in a cabin on the edge of a forest, seeing no human being. Even his wife does not contact him except through the phone.