Catcher And The Rye

A detailed Summary of Catcher And The Rye

Our main character Holden Caulfield at first appears to be having a conflict with society, but, upon closer examination, we see he is truly only at war with himself. Our story starts with Holden being kicked out of yet another school, this time Pencey Prep, for failing four classes. He is supposed to go home at Christmas Break and never return, however, things didn't work out like that. A altercation then takes place when Holden finds out that his roommate had sex with a girl named Jane Gallagher, who it becomes apparent that Holden loves. Holden loses the fight and grabs his bags and hunting hat and heads for the train station a few days early.

One conflict is Holden deciding how to tell his parents that he was kicked out of Pencey. Another less obvious conflict is Holden dealing with the people around him without getting the urge to blow up a building. He is completely convinced that everyone in the world is a phony, except for his little sister Phoebe, Jane, and himself. Throughout the story, phony people plague him. These two problems connect when Holden is attempting to plan his future away from such phonies and do it without his parents finding out about Pencey.

After he leaves Pencey, Holden takes a train to New Y

is with Phoebe. This is where he stops being so pessimistic and is actually happy just to be there with her. Phoebe does a lot for Holden throughout his journey. He can be upset, but the thought of Phoebe will lift his spirits. She helps illustrate the brighter side of him because she is what he wishes everyone else would be. I can identify a little with Holden when he talks about how phony people are because a lot of times, they are. You just want to tell them how dumb they are, but, instead, you mock them by being sickeningly sweet. He does the same thing to lots of people he meets. I can sympathize with Phoebe because she loves her brother so much and he says that he's leaving. For a few minutes in the book there, I could empathize with the abandonment she must have felt.

afraid others think it's stupid. For this reason, he never wears it when he goes into a hotel or restaurant or club, but puts it on almost immediately when he's alone. When he is with Phoebe, he feels completely comfortable, which is why he is always wearing it around her. At one point, he gives Phoebe the hat because she likes it as much as he does, but she lets him wear it because she understands. She picked up on how symbolic the hat was to Holden quite quickly and wanted him to always be happy and comfortable around her.

are to plan to make plans. He meets all sorts of people in New York, including a ditsy blonde named Bernice at the Lavender Room. He buys a hooker named Sunny from a guy named Maurice, but pays her just for talking. There's a mix-up about the payment, so Maurice beats him bloody. He goes to see a show with a girl named Sally Hayes and wants to run away with her, then decides she's phony, so he leaves her at a diner. He

" She had these orchids on, like she'd just been to a big party or something. She was around forty or forty-five, I guess, but she was very good-looking."

Holden is both our main character and our narrator in The Catcher in the Rye. The book is written in first person because it is seen through the eyes of a person taking direct action in the story. As it is seen through the dialogue, the story takes place in the 1940s over a period of about three days. The story is in order for the most part, but Holden often speaks about memories of his sister Phoebe, his dead brother Allie, and variou

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Approximate Word count = 1566
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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