![]() ![]() The reader sees how often members of the Glass family are present in the stories or novelettes. Salinger demonstrates his admirable ear for teenage dialogue in these stories. In “The Young Folks,” however, the adolescents resemble the insensitive schoolmates of Holden Caulfield more than they resemble Holden himself. Many of these stories are concerned with adolescents. Salinger’s early stories contain elements foreshadowing his later work. Children have a wisdom and a spontaneity that is lost in the distractions and temptations of adult life. Like William Wordsworth, Salinger appreciates childhood innocence. The love for children occurs frequently in his stories-for example, the love for Esmé, Phoebe, and Sybil. Some of these characters cannot adjust to the military, some have unhappy marital relationships, and others are unsuccessful in both areas. Many of his stories have wartime settings and involve characters who have served in World War II. A sense of loss, especially the loss of a sibling, recurs frequently. There is a failure of communication between people: between husbands and wives, between soldiers in wartime, between roommates in schools. ![]() They see the phoniness, egotism, and hypocrisy around them. ![]() Salinger ( Janu– January 27, 2010), neurotic and sensitive people, search unsuccessfully for love in a metropolitan setting. ![]()
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