In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, a teenage boy who has been kicked out of numerous schools, tells of the days leading up to his confinement in a mental hospital. Throughout these three days, Holden wanders New York city in a mostly drunken state. The only person he is able to connect with is his younger sister Phoebe though he spends one night with a hooker and one with a past professor who he admired (until the professor made a sexual pass).

It is no wonder that Catcher in the Rye is one of the most popular books of all time. Written in streaming consciousness it is nearly impossible to not understand Holden and teenage angst. Every young man I have ever met fits into Caulfield’s persona for at least some point in their life.
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