Social Context (Catcher in the rye)?

Question

What is the social context in Catcher in the Rye?

Answer 1

The Catcher in the Rye is a classic.  There are numerous free on line resources that can help you with your study of this novel, most of which analyze the story, discuss themes and symbolism and other literary devices, and give character sketches.  If you do a search you will find many helpful resources.  Additionally hundreds of questions have been asked here on Y!A about The Catcher in the Rye so do a search for it in the Yahoo Answers search window and you will find lots of Q’s and A’s that should help you.    

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Answer 2

look at the time it was published and research what was happening in the author's time and country when the book was written