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//**The Catcher in the Rye**//

 "What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and //catch// them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."  -Holden Caulfield

 What is the meaning behind this quotation? Why is the book called //Catcher in the Rye//?