Holden's Goddam War

In the article we learn that the author had written the first few chapters of Catcher as a short story, but when he added them to the book the way it was read changed the readers insight completely. It is interesting the way that Salinger not only changed what he wrote about but the way he wrote and the way he expressed his feelings or rather Holden's feelings in the story. It is also interesting how much of the stories in the book are metaphors for experiences in the authors life. And how these experiences led to the creation of Catcher and the morphing of Holden as a character. It is also very interesting that the author of the article chose to call it Holden's War, this suggests that Holden was fighting the war in his own way along with Salinger, or rather, that their wars were one and the same.