Setting

New York

The Catcher in the Rye takes place in New York somewhere between the year 1948-1949, the whole story only take place over 3 days Saturday to Monday. New York to Holden represents a land of phonies, everyone is a phony. During this time in history puts the story in the middle of post World War II era, supposedly you could say Holden is a product of the war. Holden does talk about the war somewhat talking about the atomic bomb, the post war and the post bomb thus causing a , "loss of innocence". 

- Camie Lawing.