Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye has aroused various disputes after its publication.Either standing on the bestseller list or got banned from reach of juveniles,the book could hardly define a definite position for long.A lost hero with the low-pitched author offered the work to the world without much comment or declaration against vicious criticism.However,read within a certain historical environment,ignoring the content which may have triggered positive or negative responses from the society,the work well explains its intension of expression as well as a function calling for caution.Holden’s mind originates from that contemporary world,manipulated by the postwar Salinger who has got a full brain of mind.The degenerated anti-hero is the outcome of both the outer society of decaying and inner complex of childhood innocence.This essay is going to analyze the above mentioned aspects to better understand the meaning of the Catcher in the Rye,a certain work within a certain social background,which may provide some constructive methods in interpreting works under different environments. Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye has aroused various disputes after its publication. Either standing on the bestseller list or got banned from reach of juveniles, the book could hardly define a definite position for long. A lost hero with the low-pitched author offered the work to the world without much comment or declaration against vicious criticism.However, read within a certain historical environment, ignoring the content which may have triggered positive or negative responses from the society, the work well says its intension of expression as well as a function calling for caution.Holden’s mind originates from that contemporary world, manipulated by the postwar Salinger who has got a full brain of mind. The degenerated anti-hero is the outcome of both the outer society of decaying and inner complex of childhood innocence.This essay is going to analyze the above mentioned aspects to to better understand the meaning of the Catcher in the Rye, a certain work within a certain social back ground, which may provide some constructive methods in interpreting works under different environments.