Catcher In The Rye Mood

The Catcher in the Rye begins with the narrator speaking in first person point of view. He sets the mood as mysterious and intriguing with his bizarre introduction. In the beginning chapters the narrator establishes "the day l left Pencey Prep is this school that's in Agerstown, Pennsylvania"(pg. 2), is where his story begins. He establishes some key characters such as his own identity as Holden Caulfield and his friends Robert Tichener and Paul Campbell and Old Spencer a history teacher at Pencey Prep and his wife. The setting is in Agerstown, Pennsylvania in the winter time. Holden presents himself as carefree and laid back, way too laid back. He is failing school terribly, " I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself" (pg.4), and