Premium Content A Child's View: Adult Oppression in The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding
By Joe Winter - January 28, 2010
In novels The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding, Salinger and McCullers both invite the reader to experience how the adult world can have an impact on the lives of young people. In particular, the novels describe how their protagonists (Holden Caulfield in Catcher and Frankie in Member) feel oppressed by the constraints and…
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