Cadets at Fishburne Military School acknowledged the value of author J. D. Salinger and his introduction of the main character, Holden Caulfield, through The Catcher in the Rye. Fishburne cadets read this novel about a student who is expelled from a private school in Pennsylvania and travels to the village in New York City. They identify with Holden’s intolerance for corrupt phonies in his life and the insincerity of adults.
The book touches a nerve in teenagers attracted to Caulfield’s support for nonconformist attitudes and the book has remained a best seller since 1951. Fishburne cadets readily identify with Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye and made these comments about the required reading.
