5.How would the novel be different if it were set in modern day?

I believe that the novel Catcher in the Rye would be immensely different if it were set in modern day because there are many aspects about the setting of this novel that specifically describes it as being set in the 1940s. If Catcher in the Rye was set in modern day there would be many details about the novel that would change. For example; the setting of being in the post World War II would no longer be substantial to the novel, and the author would most likely have to base the setting off another world disaster that has happened during more recent times, such as the Boston bombings or maybe even the 9,11 terrorist attack, but even that may be too far along in the past.  Another example of how the novel may change if it were set in modern day would be the social conditions. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, Holden gets away with a lot of drinking and smoking as a sixteen year old kid, but if the novel were set in modern time, there would be no way that Holden would be able to walk the streets of New York City and be let into bars to drink. With the legal drinking age of 21 in America, Holden wouldn't have been able to buy his own alcohol or cigarettes. So along with those examples, there are many more to explain why Catcher in the Rye would be extremely different in it were set in modern day.