Setting and Chracterization in the "Catcher in the Rye"

Jerome David Salinger was born January 1, 1919 in New York City. At age 11, he was voted "most popular actor" at Camp Wigwam in Harrison, Maine. Salinger's parents decided to offer him the opportunity to be enrolled into a private school, just like his character, Holden Caulfield. Before and even after J.D. Salinger was famous for his works, they were both sort of social outcasts (Pinsker xiii). He " was not working for a degree, didn't care about course credit, and was considered a loner" (Hamilton 43). …