Essay Archive - The Catcher In The Rye: Holden
The Catcher In The Rye: Holden
This book has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in
America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman,
asked the former beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning
of the day that he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his possession
upon apprehending the psychologically disturbed Chapman. However, the book
itself contains nothing that could be attributed with leading Chapman to
act as he did - it could have been any book that he was reading the day he
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