Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye

"He was happy to get away from his over-protective mother."(wikepedia). In the book Holden also has a over-protective mother and he was happy to get away from her. This is one of the things that connects Holden and Salinger that brings the autobiographicalness out in the book. They were both born in New York and they both struggled in school. In the book we got to see Holden get better and Salinger finshed three books towards the end of his second semester. "I forgot to tell you about that. They kicked me out."(pg 4, Salinger). The both couldn't hold a spot in a prep school very long. This book was basically Salinger is Holdens body.