In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the whole book was entirely written in the first person view by the protagonist of the novel, 17-year-old Holden Caulfield. He was just recently expelled from a school in Pencey called Pencey Prep. This was for the reason that he failed three subjects out of the four he took. Throughout the novel the readers learn that Holden's brother Allie died since he had leukemia. Holden took the news really hard and punched out the windows in his garage, and because of that he had to go to the mental hospital. So I guess since Holden is in the mental Hospital and he has nothing to do, he writes this book. Throughout this book we learn that Holden is a heavy smoker and tries to run away from his problems by actually running away. Since he was expelled from Pencey he...