I don't know if he's 15 or 16 years old? Also as he appears in some other of J D Salinger's works, does his age differ between books?
2006-12-11 07:57:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Holden is 16 years old
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent". Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life
http://partners.nytimes.com/books/98/09/13/specials/salinger-holden.html
2006-12-11 08:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by vorlon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In The Catcher in the Rye Holden is 16 when he is telling the story, but he is reflecting back to when he was 15. I didn't know that he was also in other Salinger works. Will have to check that out.
2006-12-11 22:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by LULU1218 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know in The Catcher in The Rye, he is 17 at the time he is telling the story.
2006-12-11 16:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I´ve always thought he was about 15 or 16.
2006-12-11 16:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by silentlucidity14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He seems to be about 17. He's still at school, obviously, although he might have repeated a year or two.
2006-12-11 16:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is him anyway?
2006-12-11 15:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by Christian G 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋