"A Boy in France" is a short story by J. D. Salinger. It is the second part of a trilogy of stories following the character Babe Gladwaller. The first story is "Last Day of the Last Furlough", and the third is "The Stranger". Through the three stories, the character Babe undergoes a great deal of change due to the war. "A Boy in France" is one of the few stories in which Salinger deals with combat in the war.

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  • "A Boy in France" is a short story by J. D. Salinger. It is the second part of a trilogy of stories following the character Babe Gladwaller. The first story is "Last Day of the Last Furlough", and the third is "The Stranger". Through the three stories, the character Babe undergoes a great deal of change due to the war. "A Boy in France" is one of the few stories in which Salinger deals with combat in the war. The setting is at the front, and follows a soldier in his foxhole, trying to maintain his sanity by reading and rereading a note sent from his sister. In this last respect, Babe is a forerunner of Holden Caulfield.
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  • A Boy in France
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  • 31 March, 1945
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  • "A Boy in France" is a short story by J. D. Salinger. It is the second part of a trilogy of stories following the character Babe Gladwaller. The first story is "Last Day of the Last Furlough", and the third is "The Stranger". Through the three stories, the character Babe undergoes a great deal of change due to the war. "A Boy in France" is one of the few stories in which Salinger deals with combat in the war.
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  • A Boy in France
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