1. The book Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is a novel written exclusively in the first person and limited. The narrator is not a reliable narrator and is very critical and opinionated. The book's diction is informal and mature. Holden says “I’m not going to tell you my whole damn biography” (Salinger 1). This quote establishes the narrator as a person of informal language. Salinger frequently uses profanity to prolifically emphasize his words. The majority of the book is arranged chronologically but it contains several flashbacks. In general, the book is told as a story and is very simple and personal. Holden, the narrator, tells how it goes. Salinger uses spatial order to describe places like Holden's dorm room, nightclubs, and Holden's hotel. Early in the novel, Salinger foreshadows Holden's hospitalization in a mental institution. Later, it is revealed that the entire novel is Holden's memory of his adventure in New York and explains how he ended up in a mental institution. The entire novel is a framed narrative about Holden's adventure after being kicked out of Pencey. Holden tells a story about his past. Salinger uses transitional devices to mark the frequent changes of setting, from Pencey to the hotel to nightclubs and bars. The novel has a spatial order as Holden moves to New York. Salinger uses informal diction and various narrative structures to tell the story of how Holden ended up in a mental institution.2. This section of the book was written to provide a detailed account of Holden's relationship with Jane. Salinger's use of the term "intimately" has a connotation of sexual activity but a denotation of close personal knowledge. An example of informal language is Salinge... middle of paper ......re Holden describes the group at the Lavender Room (69). Holden says that "the band was putrid" and "cheesy", which helps the reader understand that the band is terrible and this is just another example of why the Lavender Room sucks. Salinger uses tactile imagery to describe the hand that embraces Jane. Holden states that when he held Jane's hand "you were happy" and that holding hands was no big deal and sweaty hands didn't matter (79). This helps the reader understand that Jane and Holden were truly connected to each other. Holden describes the steaks they give to Pencey students. Steaks are “hard, dry little jobs” that no one likes (35). This shows that to an outsider, Pencey looks like a good school but in reality, it's not what it's supposed to be. These and other details show that Salinger is very capable of using imagery in his work..