“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” (Salinger #1 1). This is the first line is Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the best novels written in the 20th century and it is also what made J.D. Salinger famous.
Jerome David Salinger was born on January 1, 1919. J.D. was short
for Jerome David. Jerome David went by J.D. when he was young and he never let go of
the name as he got older (Salinger #2 3). J.D. was born in New Yor
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