Catcher in the Rye – The Incest Subplot, Hidden Meanings, and Conspiracy Lore
Introduction J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” is infamous for its teenage alienation, but a persistent conspiracy theory claims a dark incestuous subtext haunts the relationship between Holden Caulfield and his sister, Phoebe. Is this literary over-interpretation, coded trauma,…