Analysis of the Catcher in the Rye In 1919 Jerome David Salinger was born to Sol and Miriam Jillich Salinger. This man would have a moderately normal childhood attending the private McBurney School in Manhattan, and afterwards the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1936. He then attended New York University for an unsuccessful summer session in short-story writing. This 20th century novelist would later come to be known as J. D. Salinger …showed first 75 words of 983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 983 total…by Mark David Chapman. Chapman asked Beatle John Lennon to sign a copy of the book the morning he killed Lennon. Police found the book in the possession upon arresting the psychologically disturbed Chapman. This incident gave The Catcher in the Rye even more notoriety. This novel is influential because of its universal theme, which applies to everyone from every walk of life, and because of its colorful symbolism and ability to persuade peoples' actions.