Jd Salinger Research Paper

The great American writer Jerome “J.D.”, David Salinger was born on January 1, 1919 in New York City to Miriam Jillich Salinger and Sol Salinger. J.D. Salinger was born into a wealthy family, and had one sibling; a sister named Doris. In 1930, when J.D. was eleven years old, he attended a summer camp in Harrison, Maine where he performed in plays (JD Salinger). Salinger wanted to be an actor until he realized that his true passion was writing (Salerno). J.D. decided he wanted to be a writer after failing out of McBurney School in ninth and tenth grade, and attending Valley Forge Military Academy. At Valley Forge Military Academy, Salinger started writing for the school’s yearbook (JD Salinger). “He, (Salinger), serves as the literary editor

In 1945, Salinger was out of the mental hospital and married a German woman named Sylvia Welter. At the time, Salinger was working as a detective who arrested Nazis. Sylvia was thought to be a Nazi or Nazi sympathizer (Salerno). The pair’s marriage lasted only eight months and was ended by an annulment that Salinger requested. It is thought that the marriage ended because Sylvia was affiliated with the Nazis. All of Salinger’s writing published after World War II was greatly affected by his altered mindset. In 1948, the New Yorker publishes “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” after several rejections. The story is such a hit that Salinger signs a contract with the New Yorker saying that they will have the opportunity to publish any of his future stories before any other magazine (JD Salinger). A year later, Salinger’s story, “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”, is adapted into the film, My Foolish Heart. The film got so many bad reviews by critics that Salinger decided to never have any of his stories adapted into films ever again (JD Salinger). After the film disaster, Salinger focused on getting the Catcher in the Rye