Literary+Elements-+Hayley

=Setting:= Let's start with the date. Amazingly, Holden's story takes place over only three days, from Saturday afternoon to Monday around 1pm. Any big fans of the novel already know how to figure out the exa..

=Genre: = The Catcher in the Rye shows the main character's movement from a position of so-called "innocence" to one of knowledge. In this case, Holden has already lost much of his innocence and is desperate...

=Tone: = Much like the style, the tone of the novel is the tone of Holden Caulfield, since he's the one telling the story.

=Plot Analysis: = Holden has flunked out of Pencey.

=Allusion: = the title of the book is an allusion to a Robert Burns poem and the line, "If a body meet a body comin' through the rye. " Holden changes the words to "If a body catch a body comin' though the rye.

  =Themes := A disturbed teenager cannot cope with people, with school, or with everyday problems that a person this age faces. Holden illustrates this theme in his attempt to escape through his fantasies; every forced contact with society drives him farther into himself.

