Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D Salinger and was published in 1951 when the role of women in society was extremely different from women's roles in the twenty first century. The main character Holden Caulfield who is sixteen years old leaves his school Pencey Prep for his home in New York. Holden meets many different characters in the novel, both male and female and while many of his experiences with the opposite sex end up being negative Holden does have positive experiences with them too.

Holden gets along well with Phoebe; his sister, Mrs Morrow; Ernie Morrows mother who attends Pencey Prep and the two nuns who Holden meets in Grand Central Station.

He gets on with his sister Phoebe Caulfield because they relate on many subjects such as literature and their brother Allie...