Novel by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951. The influential and widely acclaimed story details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he searches for truth and rails against the "phoniness" of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally ill, in a psychiatrist's office. After he recovers from his breakdown, Holden relates his experiences to the reader.
The goal of the essay is to develop such skills as independent creative thinking and a written statement of one’s own thoughts.
It is not so easy to find a book that taught us as much as a book written by ourselves.
James Hall
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An essay is a prose essay of a small volume and a free composition, expressing individual impressions and considerations on a specific subject or issue, and obviously not claiming to be defining or exhaustive interpretation of the subject.