Characters in The Catcher in the Rye

Holden: a 16 year old kid who has not kicked out of school many different times. He believes that most of the people in the world are phonies. Holden has a mental breakdown but recovers from it.
Ackly: Holden's next door neighbor at Pency.
Stradlater: Holden's roommate at Pency and is with Jane.
Jane: A girl that used to be with Holden for a summer. Holden still thinks about her alot.
Pheobe: Holden's little sister. She is very intelligent and Holden likes her alot. She listens to everything he tell her. She is only 10 years old.
Allie: Younger brother of Holden who died of leukemia. He had a baseball glove with poems written on it.
Sally: A girl who dated Holden for a very long time.
Mr. Antonili: Holden went to him to talk and is his old English teacher.

The Catcher in the Rye Response

Holden is starting to bring his life around. He is now in a rest home and is going to go to another school in the fall. He said he is going to apply himself this time. He is still lonely, but atleast his brother D.B is coming see him. Holden gave away his red hat in one of the chapters and I thought he was going to commit suicide. Things were going really bad for him and then he saw his sister. She gave the hat back and Holden felt some happiness. Pheobe really helped Holden turn it around and may have saved his life.

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Holden ends the story not talking about what happened with him and Pheobe. He says he got sick and was sent to the rest home. Holden says he is going to go to a new school in the fall and is going to try to apply himself at this new school. Holden wishes he wouldnt have shared everything about his experiences. Talking about what has happened to him makes him think of all the people that was in his life.

The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 25

Holden goes to Grand Central Station and spends the night on the bench. The next day he walks down a street and everytime he reaches a curb, he calls to Allie, asking his dead brother to let him make it to the other side. He decides to never go home again and hitch hike west and never talk to anyone. He goes to Pheobe's school to leave a note saying to meet him at the Museum. Pheobe arrives at the Museum and asks to stay with him. He says she cant go. She gets mad and returns his hunting hat. They go the zoo after this. They are walking on opposite sides of the street. They look at some animals and then go to the park. Holden convinces her to ride the carousel. He sits on the bench with his red hat and suddenly feels really happy and he thought he was going to cry.

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Holden arrives at Mr. Antonili's place and he could tell that he had been drinking. They begin to talk about what happened at Pency and why he was leaving. Holden said he didnt like the rules. Mr. Antonili then tells Holden that he might have a great fall in the near future. Holden gets very upset by this comment and says he is fine. The old english teacher then said he couldn't handle his enviroment. Holden is interested by what he has to say but is very tired. Mr. Antonili and Mrs. Antonili make a bed for him on the couch and he goes to sleep. Holden wakes up in the middle of the night and Mr. A is sitting by him and rubbing his hair. Holden freaks out and leaves the place very quickly.

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Holden leaves the room for a second to call his old English teacher. He is shocked that Holden has dropped out of another school and says Holden could come and stay with him. Holden goes back into the Phoebe's room and asks her to dance. They then hear the door open and it is the parents. Holden jumps in the closet and tries to fan away the cigarette smoke. The mom tucks her in and Holden waits until she is gone. He comes out of the closet and tells her goodbye and that he is moving to the west. Phoebe gives all of her money that she saved from Christmas to him and he gave her his red hunting hat on the way out.

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Holden goes back into see Pheobe. She says that he hates everything. Holden doesnt agree with this statement. Pheobe challenges him to try to like something in his life. He was thinking and starts to wonder about a kid who killed himself in high school and the nuns. Holden finally says that he likes Allie, and Pheobe says that Allie is dead. Holden says that he wants to stand in a field of rye with kids playing in it on a cliff and when they get close, he can be the "catcher in the rye" and catch the kids before they fall over the edge.

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Holden goes up the elevator to the room. He didn't see any of the parents when he got in there. He went to D.B's room because that is where Pheobe goes to sleep when he is gone. He wakes her up and she is very excited to see him. She keeps telling him about everything that is going on in her life and that D.B is making a movie. She then realizes that his school isnt done yet and she ask if he got kicked out and he says he did. She says that dad will kill him and he leaves to get cigarettes.

The Catcher in the Rye Response

Holden is really beginning to be depressed. He is drinking alot and is very lonely. He asks different people to go on dates with him. I really dont think he likes the girls besides Jane, he just wants to be with people. Loneliness is the theme of these chapters. Holden even goes to the duck pond in this chapter. He starts thinking of death and what would happen if he dies. This could be warning signs of events to come.

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After Luce left, Holden got very drunk. He kept trying to make dates with different people. He calls Jane and she gets angry. He asks the lounge girl and she declines. He then asks the hat check lady and she declines. He then walks to the duck pond. He is mad because he broke the record he was going to give to Pheobe. His hair begins to freeze because he splashed water on his head to sober up. He starts talking about his funeral and if he died. He missed Allie's funeral. Holden gets mad at the thought of people planting flowers on the dirt on the stomachs of the dead. Holden really wants to see Pheobe and decides to go home.

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Holden goes to the Wicker Bar. Holden is thinking of Luce. He now goes to Columbia University and he thinks of Luce as being funny and entertaining, but he is a phony. Luce arrives and treats Holden poorly. Holden asks him weird questions and Luce gets annoyed. He suggests that Holden should get pycholanalysis. Holden remembers Luce's father is a psychoanalyst and ask if he has ever analyzed his own son. Luce gets mad at these comments and leaves.

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After leaving the skating rink, Holden goes to a drug store and gets a Swiss chess sandwich and a malt. He thinks about Jane again and wants to call her. He decides to call her. There was no answer. He then calls a boy named Carl Luce, whom he met at one of the schools he went to. Luce answers and they decide to go for drinks later that night. Holden goes to Radio City Music Hall. He needs ssomethingn to do. Holden remembers Jane and him listening to music together. He sees a movie at the Hall. The movie makes him think of war. Holden decides he could never be in the war.

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Holden goes to see Sally. She was late but looked great so he didnt care. They decide to go to a play so they took a cab. Holden doesn't really like the way that Sally is flirting with all of the other guys but he still takes her ice skating. They skate and when they take a break, Holden freaks out. He tells Sally to leave him alone. He finally leaves by himself.

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In this chapter, Holden really wants to see Pheobe. He buys her a record and goes to the park where she usually is to find her and talk to her. He sees a girl there and asks where Pheobe is. She tells him that she is at the museum. Holden goes there but doesn't go in because he is depressed. He is thinking of the days where he went to museums.

The Catcher in the Rye Response

Holden is really beginning to feel lonely and depressed. He calls up Sally for a date and tells her all of this different things. He also gets a prostitute. He just told the prostitute that he wanted to talk but he would still pay the money. The theme would be loneliness. When he is lonely he thinks of Allie and what he is guilty of doing, like not inviting him to the bb gun adventure.

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Holden checks out of the hotel and calls Sally to take her on a date. Holden says that his father hates it when he loses things and that his mother hasn't been doing well after the death of Allie. Holden goes to get something to eat and he sees two nuns. He gives them 10 dollars so they can spend it to help someone.

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Holden is in his room and is thinking about how bad he feels for not letting Allie join in the bb gun adventure. He hears knocks at the door. It was the elevator man and the prostitute. They wanted the other 5 dollars. They took it out of his wallet and Holden got hit and is on the floor. He makes it to bed after they leave.

The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 13

In this chapter, Holden goes into the elevator and the man asks him if he wants a prostitute for the night. Holden says yes and the man has a woman sent up to his room for 5 dollars. She gets up there and Holden notices she is young. Holden decides he just wants to talk. She says that she still gets 10 dollars. They get in an argument that it was only 5 dollars. She got mad and left.

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Holden decides to go to a club that he his brother usually went. He only went there because Ernie plays the piano well and he wanted to listen to him play. Holden wasn't impressed on his abilities though. He runs into a girl his brother used to date. Her name is Lillian. Holden gets mad at her and all the other "phonies" and is forced to leave the club.

Catcher in the Rye Chapter 11

This chapter is mostly Holden remembering Jane. He said they never went any further than kissing one day when her step dad yelled at her for cigarettes. They usually just held hands all the time. Holden also says that Jane is the only other person that he has shown Allie's glove to.

Catcher in the Rye Response

Holden lies alot in this chapter. I think he lies because he can pretend that he is someone else that doesnt have all the problems he has. He lies about why he is leaving Pency. He said that he had a brian tumor. Holden wants to be something that he is not. He is really depressed and tries to find wyss to get over this depression. Lying is one way to cope with his depression.

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Holden is trying to think of something to do. He wants to call Phoebe but decides not to. He goes up to the Lavender Room, which is a club. He orders drinks but gets caught because he is too young. He starts dancing with some girls. He buys all of their drinks and he went back to his room alone.

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Holden didn't no who to call when he arrived. He gets a cab to go to a hotel. He asks the cab driver what he thought happened to the ducks on the pond. The driver was getting annoyed by his pointless questions. He gets bored in the hotel room and sees different things that are strange. Holden then called up Faith but she wouldn't come over because she wanted her sleep.

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Holden got a late train to New York. He was sitting on the train and an old woman came and sat by him. It was Ernest Morrow's mom. He really didn't like Ernest Morrow very much. They were classmates. He lies to Ernest's mom and says he is a good person. She asked his name and he gave the name of the janitor. She asks him why he is leaving and he lies to her and says he has a brain tumor and needs an operation.

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Holden is in Ackley's room and tries to fall asleep in his roommates bed. He couldn't fall asleep because he was mad and wakes Ackley up again and asks alot of pointless questions. Holden still thinks about Jane and he can't imagine her with Stradlater. Holden packs up all of his stuff and leaves Pency forever. 

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When Stradlater gets back from his date, he is very noisy. He looks at the compostion paper and gets mad at Holden because it wasn't over the correct topic. Holden takes the paper and rips it up. Holden asks him about his date but Stradlater doesn't reply. Holden get mad and goes after him and punches him. Stradlater pins him against the ground and wins the fight. Stradlater is alot bigger. Holden goes into Ackley's room with a face full of blood. 

Catcher in the Rye Chapter 1-5 Response

The theme of these chapters would be loneliness. Holden is never with anyone. He goes to Pency but is not at the biggest game of the year. He is standing at the top of the hill but doesn't go and sit with anyone. Holden really has no true friends. He is looking for a sense of belonging. He has been kicked out of schools and is failing 4 out of the 5 classes. It sounds like he is suffering from depression of his brother's death. 

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Holden and some friends go out and have a snowball fight. They were going to go to a movie but decided to get some burgers because they have already seen the movie. When Holden gets back he starts writing the compostion paper for Stradlater. He writes about his brother Allie's baseball mitt with the poems written on it. It seems like Holden really misses his brother. Allie passed away from Luekemia. 

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Holden is in the bathroom with Stradlater. He says that he is a secret sob and Ackley is a sob. They begin talking about Stradlater's date, Jane Gallagher. Holden used to be with her. Holden still likes her and wants to talk to her but doesn't because he isnt in the mood. Stradlater asks him to write a compostion paper for him and Holden agrees to do it. 

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In the beginning of this chapter, Holden explains where he lives, which in Ossenburger Hall. Ackley comes into his room while Holden was reading. Holden gets mad at him for his bad habit of cutting his nails on the floor. He also doesn't brush his teeth. While they were talking, Stradlater comes in. He is Holden's roommate. Ackley leaves because he doesn't like Stradlater. Stradlater says he has a date downstairs and he needs to shave. 

The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 2

Abstract: In the beginning of this chapter, Holden is speaking to Mr. Spencer. Spencer is lecturing him about getting better grades. He tells Holden that he wont have a good future unless he does better in school. Holden keeps reminding him that he is really bad at History and Mr. Spencer gets his paper over the Ancient Egyptians. Spencer criticizes his paper and Holden gets mad and leaves. 

The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 1

Abstract: Holding starts out by saying what has happened at Pency. He says something about his brother who lives in Hollywood but doesn't mention anything about his childhood. He says he gets kicked out often and that he is only passing one class, which is English. Holden is the manager of the fencing team but lost all of equipment. Holden is standing on the hill watching a big game and he is saying goodbye. He goes to see Mr. Spencer, who was the History teacher. Holden is also a very heavy smoker.