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J.D. Salinger's concept of the family

This thesis examines the family as presented in the works of J.D. Salinger. Two aspects of the family relationship are examined: how members of the family relate to each other and how they relate to people outside the family. The works used in this study are Nine Stories, The Catcher in the Rye, Pranny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour, An Introduction.This examination reveals Salinger’s shift from a parent-dominated family to a child-centered family as well as the move from a family group which interacts with people outside the family to a family which has little relation to the world outside itself.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/180100
Date January 1970
CreatorsHanes, Janice Eileen (Wysong)
ContributorsTrimmer, Joseph F.
Source SetsBall State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Format52 leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press

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