J.D. Salinger's classic innovative The Catcher in the Rye is narrated solely from the issue of outlook of sixteen year vintage Holden Caulfield - a young man on the cusp of manhood who is seeking to find his way in the world of adults. Holden's ambivalence about evolving a man is apparent from the beginning. He is a cynical, immature teenager who is full of angst. The innovative is actually a retrospective covering a slender time border that starts when Holden is booted out of an costly prep school and expands over ...