Literary Analysis

And that was that: Melville was gone and his greatest book ever written fell out of print. Fortunately, over the next 20 years, publishing house Harper & Brothers did revive the book—and managed to keep it alive despite it teetering on the verge of irrelevance. But then! Ever so slowly, Moby Dick began to rise in the literary world. The original British print of the novel (which lacked the epilogue) was largely replaced with the American print (which did feature the epilogue), which was a better representation of Melville’s work....

However, what J. D. Salinger captured in his book The Catcher in the Rye wasn’t mere angst alone. There’s something deeper hidden in the person of Holden Caulfield—a sense of vitriol that permeates his character. Which isn’t to say he’s unlikable in any way. Holden Caulfield is 17 years old and finds himself kicked out of school due to poor grades, so he decides to head back to New York for a few days before winter break, avoiding his parents and the people around him....