Catcher In The Rye Evaluation

Holden sneaks into his house to meet his sister Phoebe who is the only one that listens to Holden. He tells her that the one thing he'd like to be is "The Catcher in the Rye." He would stand near the edge of a cliff, by a field of rye, and catch any of the playing children who, in their abandon, come close to falling off. They have a conversation for a while when his parents return home from a late night out. Holden then undetected, leaves the apartment and visits the home of Mr. Antolini, a favorite teacher, where he hopes to stay a few days. Holden awakens and is startled when he sees Mr. Antoline patting Holden's head. He quickly leaves and goes wandering around for a while. Then he begins to question his characteristic method of judging
other people. Holden ends his story by refusing to discuss what happened after his day in the park with Phoebe, although he does say that he went home, got sick, and was sent to the rest home from which he now tells his story. He says he is supposed to go to a new school in the fall and thinks that he will apply himself there, but he doesn’t feel like talking about it. He wishes he hadn’t talked about his experiences so much in the first place, even to D. B., who often comes to visit him in the rest home. Talking about what happened to him makes him miss all the people in his story.