The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger.Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent
readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation.It has been
translated into almost all of the world's major languages Around 250,000
copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million
books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon
for teenage rebellion.
”The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while
the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.“by Wilhelm Stekel.
The Glass Menagerie is a fourcharacter memory play by Tennessee Williams which premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on Williams himself, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Laura. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller.
