Sometimes, Michiko Kakutani gets tired of being Michiko Kakutani. Can you identify the imaginary alternative persona in each of the following passages? 1. "Dwight says 'dude' an awful lot, but boy, the guy is a real talker: he's got this voice that just grabs your...

If Holden Caulfield were a 33-year-old singer/songwriter, he might record an album something like Release the Stars—Rufus Wainwright’s forthcoming fifth studio release. Mr. Wainwright, after all, has never been one to conform, and Release the Stars, on sale May 15, is no exception to his...

Where do the ducks go in the winter? It's a question Holden Caulfield, the moody teenage narrator of the classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye," asks about the ducks in the Central Park pond. And it's a question that Sara Cedar Miller, the Central...

The Wonder Spot, by Melissa Bank. Viking, 324 pages, $24.95. Back in 1999, Melissa Bank's first book, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, filled entire windows of Barnes & Noble with its rear-view image of a young woman in galoshes. Since then, Ms. Banks...

Discusses J.D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Analyzes the character of Holden Caulfield. Focuses on the character's hypocrisy in the story.

Discusses the J.D. Salinger novel, A Catcher in the Rye. Provides a character analysis of Holden Caulfield. Describes his goals, traits and tendencies.