Holden has been expelled from Pencey becuase she failed, and after an unpleasant evening with his self-satisfied roommate Stradlater and their neighbor Ackley, he decides to leave Pencey for good and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning to his parents' Manhattan apartment. In New York, he succumbs to increasing feelings of loneliness and desperation; he feels increasingly tormented by the memory of his younger brother Allie's death, and his life is complicated by his sexuality. He wants to see his sister Phoebe and his old girlfriend Jan Gallagher, but instead he spends his time with Sally Hayes, a shallow person Holden's age, and Carl Luce, a pretentious Columbia student Holden treats as a source of sexual knowledge.

Increasingly lonely, Holden finally decides to sneak back to his parents' apartment to talk to Phoebe. He borrows some money from her, then goes to stay with his former English teacher, Mr. Antonlini. When he believes Mr. Antolini t

Ackley - Holden's next-door neighbor in the dorm at Pencey Prep, a pimply, insecure boy with terrible teeth. Ackley often goes into Holden's room and acts completely oblivious to Holden's hints that he should leave; he also makes up lies about his sexual experience.

Sally Hayes - Another of Holden's girlfriends, a young socialite who attends the Mary A. Woodruff girls' school. Unlike Jane's, Sally's main motivation is to be attractive and popular, and she succeeds. Holden is attracted to Sally's beauty and charisma, but her hypocrisy and cruelty repel him.

o be making a homosexual advance toward him, Holden leaves his apartment, and spends the rest of the night on a bench in Grand Central Station.

Stradlater - Holden's roommate. Stradlater is handsome, self- satisfied, and popular, but Holden calls him a "secret slob"--his razor, for instance, is disgustingly unclean. Stradlater is sexually mature and experienced for a Pencey boy, and utterly preoccupied with himself; he tends to assume everyone else is preoccupied with him, too.

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Holden concludes his story by refusing to talk about what happened after that, but he fills in the most important details: he went home, was sent to the rest home, and will attend a new school next year. He regrets telling his story to so many people; talking about it, he says, makes him miss everyone.

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)