"I write for myself, and I want to be left absolutely alone to do it." So says Jerome David Salinger, residing in Cornish, New Hampshire. He is, quite literally, a man of few words. He's considered a genuine hero, having served for the Army Signal Corps and the Counter Intelligence ...

J.D. Salinger, in his novel Franny and Zooey, published in 1961, can be seen as an author thriving to release his inner thoughts and emotions through his characters. Many authors have been known to have related characteristics between their characters and themselves. In the post war era when this ...