the catcher in the rye
The Catcher In The Rye, is a novel by J.D. Salinger published in 1951. The novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against the “phoniness” of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally unstable. The events are related after the fact.
A well-known theory about The Catcher In The Rye is that it is a trigger for sleeper assassins trained by the CIA’s MK-Ultra mind control program to take out individuals. This applies most strongly to John Lennon’s murder. The claim is that the book is the trigger used to wake trained sleeper assassins to something they learn while under mind control.
What makes this all a bit more interesting and sinister is the fact that Salinger checked himself in to a mental hospital shortly after he returned from being a soldier in World War 2. While there, he completed the novel and some think that it is Salinger's attempt at dealing with his PTSD.
Project Artichoke
Project ARTICHOKE[1], started in 1951, was a program to determine if people could be made to assassinate someone against their will. This project also used hypnosis and LSD to accomplish goals. This project sought to be able to force someone to take out "a prominent politician or if necessary, [an] American official" (Jones). It is possible that Catcher was written in order to socialize individuals into assassinating political figures.
Connection to Catcher
In Catcher, Holden purposely manipulates and lies to others in order to accomplish his goals.
For example, after Holden lies to and purposely confuses an elevator operator, he remarks: “All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to” (Salinger 157-158). After he was initially refused by the operator, Holden manipulates him into doing what he wants.
This quote shows Holden's ability to trick and deceive other characters, which fits in line with MK-Ultra's goal of mind control. This furthurs the idea that Catcher was a tool used by the CIA to influence individuals in the program. Individuals like Mark David Chapman were obsessed with Holden and wanted to be like him (King). This is the primary way the book influenced their thoughts.
after publication
After the publication of the novel, Salinger became a hermit. When asked for the rights to adapt it for Broadway or Hollywood, he emphatically declined.
references
further reading
- https://rare.us/rare-media/entertainment-and-culture/catcher-and-the-rye-conspiracy-theories/
- https://rense.com/general95/mkultra.html
- https://illuminatiwatcher.com/catcher-in-the-rye-conspiracies-pt-1-mkultra-incel-abused-killer-secret-societies-luigi-mangione/
- https://illuminatiwatcher.com/catcher-in-the-rye-conspiracies-pt-2-jd-salinger-mark-david-chapmans-aliens-joe-atwills-freemasonry-in-the-rye/
- https://x.com/JohnHinckley20
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-David-Chapman
- https://www.thevintagenews.com/2022/07/14/catcher-in-the-rye-john-lennon/