The Catcher In The Rye Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 1
$ Talking about what had happened to himself last Christmas
$ Brother, D.B. sold out to Hollywood
$ story starts at Pencey Prep
$ he was failing 4 of 5 subjects the only one being English
$ he got kicked out of school
$ was manager for the fencing team
$ even though he hates the school he still saying goodbye to it
$ he going to say bye to his history teacher
Cues:
$ Where is he talking from?
$ Why doesn’t he want to talk about his past?
$ Why was he not applying himself?
$ Why was he already a heavy smoker?
$ Out of all his teachers, why did he choose to go to Mr. Spencer?
Summary:
$ Holden is talking about what had happened to him last Christmas. He first starts off talking about his school, and then …show more content…
while watching the football game he says bye to the school and goes off to see his history teacher, Mr Spencer.
Chapter 2 Notes
$ goes to teacher’s house
$ teacher is old guy, sick, but still nice guy to Holden
$ he is on friendly terms with the history teacher
$ talks to him about school, what he is failing and how he is feeling
$ “Life is a game boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”
$ Teacher tells him to start thinking about his future.
Cues:
$ Why doesn’t Holden take anything seriously?
$ What made him come to his history teacher’s house?
$ Why does he make up lies while thinking about something else?
$ What does he consider to be phony?
$ Did he have a problem because Haas had never talked to his parents?
$ Why does he not feel much concern for his future?
Summary:
Holden went to his history teacher’s house. While he is there his teacher talks to him about school and why he is failing. Also he talks to him about his future and if he is even thinking about his future at all. After listening to the lecture and making up some lies, Holden leaves to go and pack but this was also a lie.
Chapter 3 Notes
$ considers himself to be a terrific liar
$ lives in a dorm named after a former student
$ has a red hunting hat
$ another student, Ackley, lives next door
$ Holden doesn’t like him very much, no one likes him
$ Ackley is dirty, irritating and doesn’t like Stradlater
$ Holden’s roommate is Stradlater
$ Ackley leaves the moment Stradlater comes in
Cues:
$ Why is he proud of the fact that he is a great liar?
$ Why does Holden take everything so seriously and because of that think that everyone is phony?
$ What does the hat mean?
$ Does the colour have any special significance?
Summary:
Holden comes into his dorm and sits down with his red hat and starts to read. While he is reading, Ackley comes and starts bothering him. Ackley isn’t a great guy and he doesn’t like Holden’s roommate Stradlater. Once Stradlater enters, Ackley leaves.
Chapter 4 Notes
$ Holden stays with Stradlater while he shaves
$ Stradlater is a clean guy on the outside but everything he uses is dirty
$ Stradlater is a secret slob
$ Stradlater is a good guy who is pretty generous
$ He asks Holden if he can do his composition
$ Holden finds out that Stradlater’s date is a girl that Holden knew very well
$ Holden seemed to have like that girl
$ Holden talks about Jane and how she was
$ Stradlater finishes cleaning himself up and leaves with Holden’s jacket
Cues:
$ Did Holden ever like Jane?
$ Why did he feel it was necessary to talk about why the kings were always in the back?
$ Why doesn’t Stradlater change or wash his razor?
$ Why didn’t Holden ever answer immediately when Stradlater asked him to do his composition?
Summary:
Holden goes to the washroom to talk with Stradlater about his date that night. Stradlater is a secret slob because even though he is clean on the outside he is very dirty with his toiletries. Holden finds out that Stradlater’s date is a girl he was friends with previously. Stradlater finishes cleaning himself up and leaves while giving Holden the task of finishing his composition.
Chapter 5 Notes
$ Holden goes to eat dinner
$ He takes his friend Mal Brossard and Ackley to see a movie
$ They didn’t actually watch a movie but just chilled out
$ After they finished playing Holden gets to work
$ Holden couldn’t think of anything about a house or room so he wrote about his little brother Allie’s mitten.
$ Allie wrote poems on his mitten
$ Many years ago Allie had died of leukemia.
$ Holden said that Allie was the smartest in the entire family
$ Allie was nice, and innocent as well, he didn’t do anything wrong
$ He had red hair
$ When Allie had died, Holden had broken all of the windows in his garage
Cues:
$ Was it when Allie died, that made Holden start to act this way?
$ How did Allie get leukemia?
$ Why did he have to break all of the windows in the garage?
Summary:
Holden went to eat dinner. From there him, Ackley and Brossard went together to watch a movie and instead they just ended up chilling and then they came back. Ackley was talking to Holden before Holden told him to leave so that he could write his composition.
Chapter 6 Notes
$ Stradlater comes back from his date
$ He reads the composition that Holden wrote is and becomes angry
$ He is angry because the assignment was not what he had asked for
$ then he started to talk about why this was the reason that Holden got expelled
$ So Holden tore the composition
$ Now Holden starts to get angry
$ He asks Stradlater about his date and what he did
$ Out of nowhere Holden tries to punch Stradlater but ends being under Stradlater
$ After Stradlater knocks him out, Holden finally goes into Ackley’s room with a bloody nose
Cues:
$ Why was Stradlater angry even though the piece was well written?
$ Why did Holden care so much about the fact that Stradlater might have given Jane the time?
$ Why did Holden punch him out of nowhere?
Summary:
Stradlater comes back from his date and reads over Holden’s composition. After that they both break into a fight because Holden is angry whether or not Stradlater gave Jane the time. After the fight, they both left, and Holden left to Ackley’s room.
Chapter 7 Notes
$ Holden talks with Ackley for a little while
$ He cannot go to sleep because he keeps thinking about how Jane could have been fooling with Stradlater
$ after they both start talking again, Holden gets sick of Ackley’s phoniness
$ Holden decides to leave for New York that night itself
$ He packs all of stuff before getting ready to leave
$ he is going to stay in a hotel
$ he had plenty of money from his grandmother
Cues:
$ Why does he care so much that Jane might’ve had sex with Stradlater?
$ Why does he finally lash out at Ackley?
$ What made decide to leave that night itself?
Summary:
Holden talks to Ackley for a little while before he tries to sleep. After he tries to sleep, he realizes he cannot because he thinks that Jane might have had sex with Stradlater. So finally he gets angry at Ackley and leaves. He decides to leave for New York that night itself, so he packs his stuff and gets ready to leave.
Chapter 8 Notes
$ Holden goes to the train station to go to New York
$ On the station, he meets the mom of one of his classmates
$ He starts lying about his classmate and how great he is to his mother
$ Holden is somewhat attracted to Mrs. Morrow
$ he tells her that he is going to New York for brain tumor operation
Cues:
$ Why did the author decide to put Mrs. Morrow in the film?
$ Why did he have to lie about his name?
$ Why did he say that he needed a brain tumor operation?
$ Did Holden like his mother?
Summary:
Holden gets on the train and is going to New York. While he is waiting he meets one of his classmates’ mother. After having a little conversation with her he finally reaches New York.
Chapter 9 Notes
$ Holden finally gets to Penn Station
$ He wants to call someone but he cannot call anyone because it is very late
$ he takes the cab to a hotel.
$ While he is in the hotel, he sees all of the other rooms and their occupants
$ the occupants are doing bizarre activities.
$ He gets aroused so he calls a girl he had previously known
$ He tries to set up a date with her but he cannot do it
$ he considers himself to be a sex maniac
Cues:
$ Why does he want to call someone when he wants to keep a low profile?
$ Why does it matter to him to where the ducks go?
$ If it has been so long since he has talked to the stripper, why does he keep her number?
Summary:
Holden gets to New York and buys a room in a hotel. He watches other people perform strange acts to each other and while watching he becomes aroused. When he becomes aroused he calls a girl that he had previously but she doesn’t want to meet with him at that moment so he goes back to being sulky.
Chapter 10 Notes
$ Holden changes and goes downstairs to the hotel’s club.
$ He wants to call Phoebe again
$ he starts describing her and how she is
$ she is just like Allie, red hair and extremely intelligent
$ even though he hates movies he had gone to see many movies
$ he also talks about Phoebe’s alter ego
$ the only bad thing about Phoebe is that she is too emotional
$ When he gets to the club, he can’t order drinks because he is not old enough
$ he flirts with 3 girls, but cannot get anything out of them
$ he also gets depressed because they are obsessed with movie stars
Cues:
$ If he wants to call Phoebe, why doesn’t he just do it?
$ Why is almost everyone in his family so good except for him?
$ Does he feel out of place because everyone else in his family is exceptional at something or another?
$ Even though the girls are ugly he still flirts with them?
$ When they talk about movie stars why does he become depressed?
Summary:
After Holden changes, he wants to call Phoebe but he can’t so he goes downstairs to the hotel’s club. He meets three girls there that he starts to flirt with but realizing that he cannot get with them he gives and leaves the club.
Chapter 11 Notes
$ leaves the lobby while thinking about Jane
$ they used to be neighbours
$ He had shown Jane the mitten which used to be Allies
$ other than one time that they had kissed, their physical relationship was mild
$ after thinking about some depressing times he returns to his room
$ this time when he looks out all of the lights of the bizarre people’s are off
$ he couldn’t sleep so he goes downstairs to get a taxi
Cues:
$ If he had liked her so much why didn’t he ask her out before?
$ What made her so special that he could show her the mitten?
Summary:
Holden has left and he starts thinking about Jane again and starts thinking about his past. He talks about all the different moments that they had shared together. He can’t sleep so he goes out downstairs to catch a taxi.
Chapter 12 Notes
$ takes the cab to Ernie’s which is a nightclub
$ his cab driver is friendly until he asks about the ducks which makes him angry again
$ when he gets to Ernie’s he complains for while about the piano player and everyone else
$ he meets one of his brother’s ex girlfriends and because he didn’t want to talk to her he made up the excuse of leaving
$ after saying bye he left Ernie’s
Cues:
$ Why is Holden always angry about something whether its piano or something else?
$ Why doesn’t he like to talk to anyone?
Summary:
Holden goes to a club called Ernie’s. When he gets there he complains a lot about the club itself before meeting up with one of his brother’s ex girlfriends. After not wanting to stay there with her he decides to make an excuse that he has to go somewhere so he leaves.
Chapter 13-15 Notes
$ Holden walks back to the hotel from the club
$ while he is walking he is thinking about his gloves which were stolen at Pencey
$ he imagines on how he would have fought that thief and gotten his gloves back
$ he knows that deep down inside he is actually a coward who is afraid of fights and violence
$ While going up the elevator, the operator offers him to send him a prostitute for 5 dollars
$ while he is waiting in his room he believes it was his aggressiveness that has stopped him from ever having intercourse
$ when the girl actually gets there, for some reason Holden doesn’t want to do anything with her
$ he says that he’ll pay her without her having to do anything
$ when she says that the final price is 10 dollars, Holden refuses and gives 5. So she leaves in a hurry.
$ 14
$ after the girl leaves he starts to smoke and think about Allie again
$ he wants to pray or do something religious but he can’t because he is an atheist
$ out of nowhere the operator and the prostitute come at his door
$ they had come to collect the 5 dollars that Holden had owed them
$ even though Holden had refused they took the 5 dollars and the operator had beat Holden a couple of times
$ After he was beaten, Holden started to imagine that he was a actor and that he had got back at the operator with a gun
$ 15
$ Holden calls Sally Hayes and sets up a date with her for later that day
$ he checks out of the hotel and stashes his bags at the station
$ he also talks about being nervous that he will lose money or some of his possessions
$ Holden’s dad is a corporation lawyer
$ he also says that his mother hasn’t been as healthy since Allie died and that by telling here that he got expelled will only make her feel worse
$ while having breakfast he meets two nuns
$ he starts to talk to one of the nuns about Romeo and Juliet and how they felt about it even though it contained a lot of sex related topics
$ before he had left he gave them 10 dollars for charity and then he left to go to see Sally
Cues:
$ Why is he always imagining that he will confront someone when he actually is scared to do it?
$ Why did the operator lie about the price?
$ Why didn’t he want to have sex with her?
$ What made him into an atheist?
$ Why did the operator snap his …show more content…
groin?
$ If Holden hates movies so much why does keep trying to think that he is an actor in a action movie?
$ Why doesn’t he think that his dad is a phony?
$ If he cares for his mother so much why doesn’t he try to become better?
$ Why had he donated 10 dollars?
$ What made him interested on whether or not the nuns like Romeo or Juliet?
Summary:
After leaving Ernie’s he walks back to his hotel. While going up he is offered a prostitute. When the prostitute arrives he doesn’t want to do anything with her so she decides to leave. He only pays her 5 dollars which is 5 too less. So she comes back with operator who bullies Holden and then takes the money and gives Holden a beating. The next day Holden calls up Sally Hayes to set up a date with her. He goes to have breakfast where he meets two nuns and starts talking with them. In the end he donates 10 dollars to their charity.
Chapter 16-17 Notes:
$ as he is walking after breakfast he thinks about the nuns once more
$ he goes to the record store to buy a record for Phoebe
$ he also thinks about Phoebe who he thinks is terrific because she understands him very well
$ while walking he sees a boy who is singing “ if a body catch a body coming through the rye”
$ this seemed to please Holden rather than make him more depressed.
$ he calls Jane once more but her mother picks up so he hangs up immediately
$ Holden then buys tickets for a theatre show which was called I know my love
$ “The best thing in that museum was that everything stayed right where it was.”
$ Holden wanted to see Phoebe so goes to look for her in a skate park.
$ when he doesn’t find her he goes into the museum to look for her and starts to remember his own field trips.
$ he also realizes that every time he had gone to the museum he had changed, but the museum itself had remained untouched
$ 17
$ Sally comes late but she is looking very pretty
$ so they leave together to go to the show
$ while watching the play Holden gets annoyed again because the actors were somehow too good and seemed conceited
$ in the break of the play, Sally starts to flirt with another that she had known from before.
$ after that the two of them had gone to Radio City to go ice skating
$ when they sit down to talk Holden starts to reveal facts about himself
$ he starts to talk about everything in his life from school, to New York to how he is only alive to be with her
$ finally he said that the two of them should run away far escape from the society
$ when she starts to make fun of his dreams Holden starts to get angry
$ at last he ends up calling Sally a royal pain in the ass
$ this makes her cry and so they both split up and went their separate ways
Cues:
$ What significance does the record hold to Holden?
$ Why did the little boy who was singing cheer up Holden?
$ Did Holden want everything to remain the same forever and that was why he like going to the museum so much?
$ Was it because he had never really felt love that he felt like marrying Sally the moment he saw her?
$ How did he start to say all of those things all of sudden?
$ Why did he have a problem with the actors who were so good?
$ Why did he want to run away?
$ What was wrong with having a normal life?
$ What made him laugh after he had already insulted her?
Summary:
Holden goes to the record store to buy a record for Phoebe. After he buys it he goes to buy the tickets for the show where he sees a child who is singing. The pure innocence of this child seems to cheer him up. After that he looks for Phoebe in the museum where he realizes that every time he has come, he has changed, but the museum has remained the same from the first time. Sally comes late and they both go to the show. The show is performed by exceptional actors which for some reason annoys Holden. In the intermission Sally flirts with a previous acquaintance. After that they both go to Radio City to skate. When they finished skating Holden starts talking all crazy to her about school, and life it self. After that he says that they should get married and run away far so that they can escape society. After Sally tells him he is wrong he gets angry, insults her and then leaves.
Chapter 18-20 Notes
$ after leaving the rink, he thinks about calling up Jane once more
$ he thinks that she would be a pretty good dancer to dance with
$ he also remembered that she had called a show off someone with an inferiority complex
$ Holden started to think that all girls thought show offs had inferiority complex.
$ so he calls up one of his buddies Carl Luce who used to go to Whooton school with him
$ to kill off some time he goes to watch a movie at Radio City.
$ the movie reminds him of how he loved the kettle drum
$ the movie makes him think about war
$ he decides that he could never be in the military and he would rather get shot than join them
$ 19
$ at the Wicker Bar, which is in a fancy hotel, Holden starts to ponder about Luce
$ Luce was 3 years older than Holden
$ he liked to talk about sex
$ Holden sort of likes Luce even though he considers him to be a phony
$ when they meet, Holden keeps asking him questions about sex
$ Luce also suggests that Holden should get psychoanalysis and Holden wonders whether Luce ever had to go through that
$ Finally after too many questions Luce leaves
$ 20
$ After Luce leaves, Holden gets very drunk
$ he decides to go to central park to see if the ducks are still there
$ while going there he breaks Phoebe’s record
$ He starts to get cold and wonders whether he’ll catch pneumonia and die
$ he also wonders how his funeral will be
$ he had missed Allie’s funeral because he had broken his hands
$ he still didn’t want to go the cemetery because the idea of putting flowers on a grave is disturbing
$ Holden wants to talk to Phoebe and he is almost out of money, so he decides to go home
Cues:
$ Why does he not like the idea of inferiority complex?
$ Was the actual reason of calling up Luce to find out how to seduce a woman?
$ Is he scared of war?
$ Does he doubt himself on whether or not he needs psychoanalysis?
$ What will he do to make up for the broken record?
$ Why is so concerned with his death?
$ Is the ducks vanishing related with Allie vanishing?
Summary:
After leaving the ice rink, he calls up Jane once more. He starts thinking about show offs and their inferiority complexes. He decides to call up one of his former buddies Carl Luce. While waiting for Carl, he watches a movie about war which makes him decide that he would never able to join the army. When Luce comes, Holden bombards him with questions about sex. He is also left to ponder about psychoanalysis and see if that can help him. After a little while Luce also leaves. After getting very drunk, he goes to Central Park to see if the ducks are still there and on the way there he breaks Phoebe’s record. Starting to feel the cold, he wonders whether he will die of pneumonia and whether people will attend and how his funeral will be. Finally he decides that he wants to talk to Phoebe and decides to go home early.
Chapter 21-23 Notes
$ Holden takes the elevator to his home
$ he sneaks into the house looking for Phoebe and finds her in D.B’s room
$ he notices that children always look peaceful when they are sleeping
$ he finally wakes her up and she is extremely glad to see him
$ she starts talking about a lot of things until she realizes that he had come home 2 days early
$ this meant that he had been kicked out of school once again
$ she keeps telling him that her father will kill him
$ she doesn’t listen to him for awhile so he leaves to smoke
$ 22
$ Holden finally gets her to listen to him again
$ he tries to explain why he is failing and tells her what he hates about school
$ she says that he didn’t like anything anymore and he claimed that he did
$ he also thought about the boy in his school who had committed suicide because he had said something and the people had beaten him so bad that he jumped out the window
$ he says that he likes Allie
$ She reminds him that Allie is dead
$ then she asks him what he wants to do with his life and he replies her with a lyric from a song
$ He said that he wants to be a catcher in the rye.
$ when the kids fall off the rye he wants to be there to catch them.
$ he was then going to call up a former English teacher
$ 23
$ Holden went to call Mr. Antonelli who was his teacher in Elkton Hills
$ he is shocked that Holden got kicked out and invites him to stay at his house
$ Holden remembers that Antonilli was the only one to approach James Castle after he died and he was the only one who showed any bravery and kindness
$ after he calls him he asks Phoebe to dance and they dance for little bit
$ Holden’s parents come home and he decides to leave
$ he has to borrow some of Phoebe’s money and when he does he starts to cry
Cues
$ Why does he think that adults look lousy when they sleep?
$ Why does Phoebe keep saying that their father will kill him?
$ Why was he thinking about James Castle so much?
$ Why did he want to be a catcher in the rye?
$ Did he purposely mess up the lyric?
$ Is he doing this so that he can protect others in ways that he wasn’t?
$ What made Antonilli approach James Castle?
$ Why did Holden cry when he borrowed the money?
Summary:
He comes home and wakes up his sister. The two of them talk for a little while before she realizes that he has been kicked out once again. He explains everything that he hates about school. Phoebe says that he doesn’t like anything and proves it. He also thinks about his friend who had committed suicide. After that he realizes that the only thing he wants to be is a catcher in the rye. After this he decides to call up his English teacher so that he can stay at their place. He decides to leave but he has to borrow some money from Phoebe and this makes him cry.
Chapter 24 Notes:
$ Holden arrives at the Antonelli’s house right after they had a party so everything is dirty
$ both of them had been drinking
$ Antonilli starts to question Holden about what had happened at Pencey
$ Holden starts to complain again and this time it is about digression and Antonilli responds and asks him whether it is good to digress or not
$ “I have a feeling that you’re riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall.”
$ Antonilli tells him that he is worried that Holden will become a guy who will hate everyone and will make him bitter to anyone that approaches him.
$ Holden tries to argue that he had started to even like some of the guys that he used to hang out with such as Ackley and Stradlater.
$ after a moment of silence Antonilli further explains what he means
$ the fall that Holden will take is one that is taken by mean who cannot handle the environment that they are in
$ he also talks about people who are immature and mature and how they keep their lives
$ he also tells Holden that the first thing he has to do is get back into school and start to apply himself in school
$ educated and scholarly men go farther than just brilliant and creative men
$ after being tired, they both talk about girls for little bit and then they go to sleep
$ Holden is awakened by Antonilli’s stroking his head
$ after he does this, Holden says that he has to go and get
something
$ he immediately leaves the apartment
$ while leaving the elevator he also says that something perverted has happened to him about 20 times since he was a kid
Cues:
$ Were the Antonilli’s in the right state of mind?
$ Why did Antonilli think that Holden would take that kind of fall?
$ Was Holden also worried that this would happen?
$ What made Holden start to like Ackley and Stradlater?
$ Why did Antonilli stroke his head?
$ Was he a homosexual or a pervert?
$ Why didn’t Holden ever say anything before about being molested?
Summary:
Holden arrives at a very dirty Antonilli apartment and both Mr and Mrs are drunk and not looking their best. Antonilli starts to question Holden about what had happened at Pencey and whether or not he was feeling proper. Then he starts to give him advice about life and that if he didn’t shape up he was about to have a terrible fall. He tells him that the first step to fixing everything is to start going to school and applying himself in everything so that he can go in the right direction. Holden is awakened by Antonilli stroking his head, so he gets scared leaves the apartment. He also says that this has happened to him before.
Chapter 25-26 Notes:
$ after leaving the Antonilli’s house he goes to Grand station
$ he sleeps there
$ the next day as he walks up and down 5th avenue, he starts to feel that he will disappear every time he crosses a street
$ so every time he crosses a street calls Allie and tells him to make sure that he makes it to the other side
$ he decides to leave New York and imagines living a with a deaf and mute girl.
$ he goes to Phoebe’s school to let her know about this and so that he can return her money
$ he writes her a note telling her to meet him at the museum of Arts
$ as he wonders around he becomes much more depressed when he sees the F word written on the wall.
$ he felt an extreme anger towards the person who had written that.
$ he handed his note to the secretary and then after that he left
$ He went to the museum to wait for her there
$ while he was waiting he showed 2 kids around the mummies but was angry when he saw another F word written on the walls
$ he started to think that on his grave someone would write the F word just to piss him off
$ when he finally saw Phoebe he saw that she had a big suitcase with her.
$ She tells him that she wants to go with him
$ he tells that she cannot come and they both start to get angry
$ She didn’t want to go to school so he took her to the zoo
$ When they were at the zoo they walked side by side but not too close until they got to the carousel
$ She went on the carousel once
$ The second time she went they had both come together, and forgiven each.
$ Holden had worn his red hat again and Phoebe had given him a kiss before going on again.
$ When she went on this time, Holden felt extremely happy he was crying
$ 26
$ He is with a psychoanalyst
$ D.B has been around and has been asking questions
$ he had gone home and gotten sick
$ he had been sent to a home where he had told the entire story
$ he will be going to a new school but doesn’t know if he will apply himself
$ talking about what he had gone through had made him miss everyone even more
Cues:
$ Why did he ask Allie to save him every time?
$ Why was he so scared to communicate?
$ Did the F word have any significance to him in his younger days?
$ What made Phoebe want to go with him?
$ Why did he cry when she went on the carousel the second time?
$ Where was this home?
$ How did he get sick?
$ Is the psychoanalyst Luce’s father?
$ Will he apply himself in school?
$ Does he actually wish that he had never told anyone anything?
$ Does he truly miss Ackley and Stradlater?
Summary:
He goes to Grand Station and spends the night there. While he is walking he feels as if he will disappear and prays to Allie that nothing happens to him and that he protects him while he walks. So he decides that he is going to go west and get away from everything. He decides to marry a mute and deaf girl so that he doesn’t have to communicate in any way. He wants to tell Phoebe all of this so he goes to her school to give her a note to tell her where to meet him. On the walls he sees that someone wrote “F**k you” and this angers him incredibly. So he goes to the museum of art and sees the same words once again. Once he meets Phoebe he finds out that she wants to go with him to escape society and he tells her that she cannot come with him. This angers both of them because they start to argue. Finally Holden says that he won’t go and they both go to the zoo albeit reluctantly. When Phoebe goes on the carousel, Holden feels an unexpected surge of happiness of which he had never felt before. Then Holden talks about his new home where he is with a psychoanalyst who is examining him. Holden is going to a new school and it is yet to find out whether or not he will apply himself. Also he wishes that he hadn’t told so many people about his story. He says that you should never tell anyone anything because if you do then you start missing everybody.
$ Talking about what had happened to himself last Christmas
$ Brother, D.B. sold out to Hollywood
$ story starts at Pencey Prep
$ he was failing 4 of 5 subjects the only one being English
$ he got kicked out of school
$ was manager for the fencing team
$ even though he hates the school he still saying goodbye to it
$ he going to say bye to his history teacher
Cues:
$ Where is he talking from?
$ Why doesn’t he want to talk about his past?
$ Why was he not applying himself?
$ Why was he already a heavy smoker?
$ Out of all his teachers, why did he choose to go to Mr. Spencer?
Summary:
$ Holden is talking about what had happened to him last Christmas. He first starts off talking about his school, and then …show more content…
while watching the football game he says bye to the school and goes off to see his history teacher, Mr Spencer.
Chapter 2 Notes
$ goes to teacher’s house
$ teacher is old guy, sick, but still nice guy to Holden
$ he is on friendly terms with the history teacher
$ talks to him about school, what he is failing and how he is feeling
$ “Life is a game boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”
$ Teacher tells him to start thinking about his future.
Cues:
$ Why doesn’t Holden take anything seriously?
$ What made him come to his history teacher’s house?
$ Why does he make up lies while thinking about something else?
$ What does he consider to be phony?
$ Did he have a problem because Haas had never talked to his parents?
$ Why does he not feel much concern for his future?
Summary:
Holden went to his history teacher’s house. While he is there his teacher talks to him about school and why he is failing. Also he talks to him about his future and if he is even thinking about his future at all. After listening to the lecture and making up some lies, Holden leaves to go and pack but this was also a lie.
Chapter 3 Notes
$ considers himself to be a terrific liar
$ lives in a dorm named after a former student
$ has a red hunting hat
$ another student, Ackley, lives next door
$ Holden doesn’t like him very much, no one likes him
$ Ackley is dirty, irritating and doesn’t like Stradlater
$ Holden’s roommate is Stradlater
$ Ackley leaves the moment Stradlater comes in
Cues:
$ Why is he proud of the fact that he is a great liar?
$ Why does Holden take everything so seriously and because of that think that everyone is phony?
$ What does the hat mean?
$ Does the colour have any special significance?
Summary:
Holden comes into his dorm and sits down with his red hat and starts to read. While he is reading, Ackley comes and starts bothering him. Ackley isn’t a great guy and he doesn’t like Holden’s roommate Stradlater. Once Stradlater enters, Ackley leaves.
Chapter 4 Notes
$ Holden stays with Stradlater while he shaves
$ Stradlater is a clean guy on the outside but everything he uses is dirty
$ Stradlater is a secret slob
$ Stradlater is a good guy who is pretty generous
$ He asks Holden if he can do his composition
$ Holden finds out that Stradlater’s date is a girl that Holden knew very well
$ Holden seemed to have like that girl
$ Holden talks about Jane and how she was
$ Stradlater finishes cleaning himself up and leaves with Holden’s jacket
Cues:
$ Did Holden ever like Jane?
$ Why did he feel it was necessary to talk about why the kings were always in the back?
$ Why doesn’t Stradlater change or wash his razor?
$ Why didn’t Holden ever answer immediately when Stradlater asked him to do his composition?
Summary:
Holden goes to the washroom to talk with Stradlater about his date that night. Stradlater is a secret slob because even though he is clean on the outside he is very dirty with his toiletries. Holden finds out that Stradlater’s date is a girl he was friends with previously. Stradlater finishes cleaning himself up and leaves while giving Holden the task of finishing his composition.
Chapter 5 Notes
$ Holden goes to eat dinner
$ He takes his friend Mal Brossard and Ackley to see a movie
$ They didn’t actually watch a movie but just chilled out
$ After they finished playing Holden gets to work
$ Holden couldn’t think of anything about a house or room so he wrote about his little brother Allie’s mitten.
$ Allie wrote poems on his mitten
$ Many years ago Allie had died of leukemia.
$ Holden said that Allie was the smartest in the entire family
$ Allie was nice, and innocent as well, he didn’t do anything wrong
$ He had red hair
$ When Allie had died, Holden had broken all of the windows in his garage
Cues:
$ Was it when Allie died, that made Holden start to act this way?
$ How did Allie get leukemia?
$ Why did he have to break all of the windows in the garage?
Summary:
Holden went to eat dinner. From there him, Ackley and Brossard went together to watch a movie and instead they just ended up chilling and then they came back. Ackley was talking to Holden before Holden told him to leave so that he could write his composition.
Chapter 6 Notes
$ Stradlater comes back from his date
$ He reads the composition that Holden wrote is and becomes angry
$ He is angry because the assignment was not what he had asked for
$ then he started to talk about why this was the reason that Holden got expelled
$ So Holden tore the composition
$ Now Holden starts to get angry
$ He asks Stradlater about his date and what he did
$ Out of nowhere Holden tries to punch Stradlater but ends being under Stradlater
$ After Stradlater knocks him out, Holden finally goes into Ackley’s room with a bloody nose
Cues:
$ Why was Stradlater angry even though the piece was well written?
$ Why did Holden care so much about the fact that Stradlater might have given Jane the time?
$ Why did Holden punch him out of nowhere?
Summary:
Stradlater comes back from his date and reads over Holden’s composition. After that they both break into a fight because Holden is angry whether or not Stradlater gave Jane the time. After the fight, they both left, and Holden left to Ackley’s room.
Chapter 7 Notes
$ Holden talks with Ackley for a little while
$ He cannot go to sleep because he keeps thinking about how Jane could have been fooling with Stradlater
$ after they both start talking again, Holden gets sick of Ackley’s phoniness
$ Holden decides to leave for New York that night itself
$ He packs all of stuff before getting ready to leave
$ he is going to stay in a hotel
$ he had plenty of money from his grandmother
Cues:
$ Why does he care so much that Jane might’ve had sex with Stradlater?
$ Why does he finally lash out at Ackley?
$ What made decide to leave that night itself?
Summary:
Holden talks to Ackley for a little while before he tries to sleep. After he tries to sleep, he realizes he cannot because he thinks that Jane might have had sex with Stradlater. So finally he gets angry at Ackley and leaves. He decides to leave for New York that night itself, so he packs his stuff and gets ready to leave.
Chapter 8 Notes
$ Holden goes to the train station to go to New York
$ On the station, he meets the mom of one of his classmates
$ He starts lying about his classmate and how great he is to his mother
$ Holden is somewhat attracted to Mrs. Morrow
$ he tells her that he is going to New York for brain tumor operation
Cues:
$ Why did the author decide to put Mrs. Morrow in the film?
$ Why did he have to lie about his name?
$ Why did he say that he needed a brain tumor operation?
$ Did Holden like his mother?
Summary:
Holden gets on the train and is going to New York. While he is waiting he meets one of his classmates’ mother. After having a little conversation with her he finally reaches New York.
Chapter 9 Notes
$ Holden finally gets to Penn Station
$ He wants to call someone but he cannot call anyone because it is very late
$ he takes the cab to a hotel.
$ While he is in the hotel, he sees all of the other rooms and their occupants
$ the occupants are doing bizarre activities.
$ He gets aroused so he calls a girl he had previously known
$ He tries to set up a date with her but he cannot do it
$ he considers himself to be a sex maniac
Cues:
$ Why does he want to call someone when he wants to keep a low profile?
$ Why does it matter to him to where the ducks go?
$ If it has been so long since he has talked to the stripper, why does he keep her number?
Summary:
Holden gets to New York and buys a room in a hotel. He watches other people perform strange acts to each other and while watching he becomes aroused. When he becomes aroused he calls a girl that he had previously but she doesn’t want to meet with him at that moment so he goes back to being sulky.
Chapter 10 Notes
$ Holden changes and goes downstairs to the hotel’s club.
$ He wants to call Phoebe again
$ he starts describing her and how she is
$ she is just like Allie, red hair and extremely intelligent
$ even though he hates movies he had gone to see many movies
$ he also talks about Phoebe’s alter ego
$ the only bad thing about Phoebe is that she is too emotional
$ When he gets to the club, he can’t order drinks because he is not old enough
$ he flirts with 3 girls, but cannot get anything out of them
$ he also gets depressed because they are obsessed with movie stars
Cues:
$ If he wants to call Phoebe, why doesn’t he just do it?
$ Why is almost everyone in his family so good except for him?
$ Does he feel out of place because everyone else in his family is exceptional at something or another?
$ Even though the girls are ugly he still flirts with them?
$ When they talk about movie stars why does he become depressed?
Summary:
After Holden changes, he wants to call Phoebe but he can’t so he goes downstairs to the hotel’s club. He meets three girls there that he starts to flirt with but realizing that he cannot get with them he gives and leaves the club.
Chapter 11 Notes
$ leaves the lobby while thinking about Jane
$ they used to be neighbours
$ He had shown Jane the mitten which used to be Allies
$ other than one time that they had kissed, their physical relationship was mild
$ after thinking about some depressing times he returns to his room
$ this time when he looks out all of the lights of the bizarre people’s are off
$ he couldn’t sleep so he goes downstairs to get a taxi
Cues:
$ If he had liked her so much why didn’t he ask her out before?
$ What made her so special that he could show her the mitten?
Summary:
Holden has left and he starts thinking about Jane again and starts thinking about his past. He talks about all the different moments that they had shared together. He can’t sleep so he goes out downstairs to catch a taxi.
Chapter 12 Notes
$ takes the cab to Ernie’s which is a nightclub
$ his cab driver is friendly until he asks about the ducks which makes him angry again
$ when he gets to Ernie’s he complains for while about the piano player and everyone else
$ he meets one of his brother’s ex girlfriends and because he didn’t want to talk to her he made up the excuse of leaving
$ after saying bye he left Ernie’s
Cues:
$ Why is Holden always angry about something whether its piano or something else?
$ Why doesn’t he like to talk to anyone?
Summary:
Holden goes to a club called Ernie’s. When he gets there he complains a lot about the club itself before meeting up with one of his brother’s ex girlfriends. After not wanting to stay there with her he decides to make an excuse that he has to go somewhere so he leaves.
Chapter 13-15 Notes
$ Holden walks back to the hotel from the club
$ while he is walking he is thinking about his gloves which were stolen at Pencey
$ he imagines on how he would have fought that thief and gotten his gloves back
$ he knows that deep down inside he is actually a coward who is afraid of fights and violence
$ While going up the elevator, the operator offers him to send him a prostitute for 5 dollars
$ while he is waiting in his room he believes it was his aggressiveness that has stopped him from ever having intercourse
$ when the girl actually gets there, for some reason Holden doesn’t want to do anything with her
$ he says that he’ll pay her without her having to do anything
$ when she says that the final price is 10 dollars, Holden refuses and gives 5. So she leaves in a hurry.
$ 14
$ after the girl leaves he starts to smoke and think about Allie again
$ he wants to pray or do something religious but he can’t because he is an atheist
$ out of nowhere the operator and the prostitute come at his door
$ they had come to collect the 5 dollars that Holden had owed them
$ even though Holden had refused they took the 5 dollars and the operator had beat Holden a couple of times
$ After he was beaten, Holden started to imagine that he was a actor and that he had got back at the operator with a gun
$ 15
$ Holden calls Sally Hayes and sets up a date with her for later that day
$ he checks out of the hotel and stashes his bags at the station
$ he also talks about being nervous that he will lose money or some of his possessions
$ Holden’s dad is a corporation lawyer
$ he also says that his mother hasn’t been as healthy since Allie died and that by telling here that he got expelled will only make her feel worse
$ while having breakfast he meets two nuns
$ he starts to talk to one of the nuns about Romeo and Juliet and how they felt about it even though it contained a lot of sex related topics
$ before he had left he gave them 10 dollars for charity and then he left to go to see Sally
Cues:
$ Why is he always imagining that he will confront someone when he actually is scared to do it?
$ Why did the operator lie about the price?
$ Why didn’t he want to have sex with her?
$ What made him into an atheist?
$ Why did the operator snap his …show more content…
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$ If Holden hates movies so much why does keep trying to think that he is an actor in a action movie?
$ Why doesn’t he think that his dad is a phony?
$ If he cares for his mother so much why doesn’t he try to become better?
$ Why had he donated 10 dollars?
$ What made him interested on whether or not the nuns like Romeo or Juliet?
Summary:
After leaving Ernie’s he walks back to his hotel. While going up he is offered a prostitute. When the prostitute arrives he doesn’t want to do anything with her so she decides to leave. He only pays her 5 dollars which is 5 too less. So she comes back with operator who bullies Holden and then takes the money and gives Holden a beating. The next day Holden calls up Sally Hayes to set up a date with her. He goes to have breakfast where he meets two nuns and starts talking with them. In the end he donates 10 dollars to their charity.
Chapter 16-17 Notes:
$ as he is walking after breakfast he thinks about the nuns once more
$ he goes to the record store to buy a record for Phoebe
$ he also thinks about Phoebe who he thinks is terrific because she understands him very well
$ while walking he sees a boy who is singing “ if a body catch a body coming through the rye”
$ this seemed to please Holden rather than make him more depressed.
$ he calls Jane once more but her mother picks up so he hangs up immediately
$ Holden then buys tickets for a theatre show which was called I know my love
$ “The best thing in that museum was that everything stayed right where it was.”
$ Holden wanted to see Phoebe so goes to look for her in a skate park.
$ when he doesn’t find her he goes into the museum to look for her and starts to remember his own field trips.
$ he also realizes that every time he had gone to the museum he had changed, but the museum itself had remained untouched
$ 17
$ Sally comes late but she is looking very pretty
$ so they leave together to go to the show
$ while watching the play Holden gets annoyed again because the actors were somehow too good and seemed conceited
$ in the break of the play, Sally starts to flirt with another that she had known from before.
$ after that the two of them had gone to Radio City to go ice skating
$ when they sit down to talk Holden starts to reveal facts about himself
$ he starts to talk about everything in his life from school, to New York to how he is only alive to be with her
$ finally he said that the two of them should run away far escape from the society
$ when she starts to make fun of his dreams Holden starts to get angry
$ at last he ends up calling Sally a royal pain in the ass
$ this makes her cry and so they both split up and went their separate ways
Cues:
$ What significance does the record hold to Holden?
$ Why did the little boy who was singing cheer up Holden?
$ Did Holden want everything to remain the same forever and that was why he like going to the museum so much?
$ Was it because he had never really felt love that he felt like marrying Sally the moment he saw her?
$ How did he start to say all of those things all of sudden?
$ Why did he have a problem with the actors who were so good?
$ Why did he want to run away?
$ What was wrong with having a normal life?
$ What made him laugh after he had already insulted her?
Summary:
Holden goes to the record store to buy a record for Phoebe. After he buys it he goes to buy the tickets for the show where he sees a child who is singing. The pure innocence of this child seems to cheer him up. After that he looks for Phoebe in the museum where he realizes that every time he has come, he has changed, but the museum has remained the same from the first time. Sally comes late and they both go to the show. The show is performed by exceptional actors which for some reason annoys Holden. In the intermission Sally flirts with a previous acquaintance. After that they both go to Radio City to skate. When they finished skating Holden starts talking all crazy to her about school, and life it self. After that he says that they should get married and run away far so that they can escape society. After Sally tells him he is wrong he gets angry, insults her and then leaves.
Chapter 18-20 Notes
$ after leaving the rink, he thinks about calling up Jane once more
$ he thinks that she would be a pretty good dancer to dance with
$ he also remembered that she had called a show off someone with an inferiority complex
$ Holden started to think that all girls thought show offs had inferiority complex.
$ so he calls up one of his buddies Carl Luce who used to go to Whooton school with him
$ to kill off some time he goes to watch a movie at Radio City.
$ the movie reminds him of how he loved the kettle drum
$ the movie makes him think about war
$ he decides that he could never be in the military and he would rather get shot than join them
$ 19
$ at the Wicker Bar, which is in a fancy hotel, Holden starts to ponder about Luce
$ Luce was 3 years older than Holden
$ he liked to talk about sex
$ Holden sort of likes Luce even though he considers him to be a phony
$ when they meet, Holden keeps asking him questions about sex
$ Luce also suggests that Holden should get psychoanalysis and Holden wonders whether Luce ever had to go through that
$ Finally after too many questions Luce leaves
$ 20
$ After Luce leaves, Holden gets very drunk
$ he decides to go to central park to see if the ducks are still there
$ while going there he breaks Phoebe’s record
$ He starts to get cold and wonders whether he’ll catch pneumonia and die
$ he also wonders how his funeral will be
$ he had missed Allie’s funeral because he had broken his hands
$ he still didn’t want to go the cemetery because the idea of putting flowers on a grave is disturbing
$ Holden wants to talk to Phoebe and he is almost out of money, so he decides to go home
Cues:
$ Why does he not like the idea of inferiority complex?
$ Was the actual reason of calling up Luce to find out how to seduce a woman?
$ Is he scared of war?
$ Does he doubt himself on whether or not he needs psychoanalysis?
$ What will he do to make up for the broken record?
$ Why is so concerned with his death?
$ Is the ducks vanishing related with Allie vanishing?
Summary:
After leaving the ice rink, he calls up Jane once more. He starts thinking about show offs and their inferiority complexes. He decides to call up one of his former buddies Carl Luce. While waiting for Carl, he watches a movie about war which makes him decide that he would never able to join the army. When Luce comes, Holden bombards him with questions about sex. He is also left to ponder about psychoanalysis and see if that can help him. After a little while Luce also leaves. After getting very drunk, he goes to Central Park to see if the ducks are still there and on the way there he breaks Phoebe’s record. Starting to feel the cold, he wonders whether he will die of pneumonia and whether people will attend and how his funeral will be. Finally he decides that he wants to talk to Phoebe and decides to go home early.
Chapter 21-23 Notes
$ Holden takes the elevator to his home
$ he sneaks into the house looking for Phoebe and finds her in D.B’s room
$ he notices that children always look peaceful when they are sleeping
$ he finally wakes her up and she is extremely glad to see him
$ she starts talking about a lot of things until she realizes that he had come home 2 days early
$ this meant that he had been kicked out of school once again
$ she keeps telling him that her father will kill him
$ she doesn’t listen to him for awhile so he leaves to smoke
$ 22
$ Holden finally gets her to listen to him again
$ he tries to explain why he is failing and tells her what he hates about school
$ she says that he didn’t like anything anymore and he claimed that he did
$ he also thought about the boy in his school who had committed suicide because he had said something and the people had beaten him so bad that he jumped out the window
$ he says that he likes Allie
$ She reminds him that Allie is dead
$ then she asks him what he wants to do with his life and he replies her with a lyric from a song
$ He said that he wants to be a catcher in the rye.
$ when the kids fall off the rye he wants to be there to catch them.
$ he was then going to call up a former English teacher
$ 23
$ Holden went to call Mr. Antonelli who was his teacher in Elkton Hills
$ he is shocked that Holden got kicked out and invites him to stay at his house
$ Holden remembers that Antonilli was the only one to approach James Castle after he died and he was the only one who showed any bravery and kindness
$ after he calls him he asks Phoebe to dance and they dance for little bit
$ Holden’s parents come home and he decides to leave
$ he has to borrow some of Phoebe’s money and when he does he starts to cry
Cues
$ Why does he think that adults look lousy when they sleep?
$ Why does Phoebe keep saying that their father will kill him?
$ Why was he thinking about James Castle so much?
$ Why did he want to be a catcher in the rye?
$ Did he purposely mess up the lyric?
$ Is he doing this so that he can protect others in ways that he wasn’t?
$ What made Antonilli approach James Castle?
$ Why did Holden cry when he borrowed the money?
Summary:
He comes home and wakes up his sister. The two of them talk for a little while before she realizes that he has been kicked out once again. He explains everything that he hates about school. Phoebe says that he doesn’t like anything and proves it. He also thinks about his friend who had committed suicide. After that he realizes that the only thing he wants to be is a catcher in the rye. After this he decides to call up his English teacher so that he can stay at their place. He decides to leave but he has to borrow some money from Phoebe and this makes him cry.
Chapter 24 Notes:
$ Holden arrives at the Antonelli’s house right after they had a party so everything is dirty
$ both of them had been drinking
$ Antonilli starts to question Holden about what had happened at Pencey
$ Holden starts to complain again and this time it is about digression and Antonilli responds and asks him whether it is good to digress or not
$ “I have a feeling that you’re riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall.”
$ Antonilli tells him that he is worried that Holden will become a guy who will hate everyone and will make him bitter to anyone that approaches him.
$ Holden tries to argue that he had started to even like some of the guys that he used to hang out with such as Ackley and Stradlater.
$ after a moment of silence Antonilli further explains what he means
$ the fall that Holden will take is one that is taken by mean who cannot handle the environment that they are in
$ he also talks about people who are immature and mature and how they keep their lives
$ he also tells Holden that the first thing he has to do is get back into school and start to apply himself in school
$ educated and scholarly men go farther than just brilliant and creative men
$ after being tired, they both talk about girls for little bit and then they go to sleep
$ Holden is awakened by Antonilli’s stroking his head
$ after he does this, Holden says that he has to go and get
something
$ he immediately leaves the apartment
$ while leaving the elevator he also says that something perverted has happened to him about 20 times since he was a kid
Cues:
$ Were the Antonilli’s in the right state of mind?
$ Why did Antonilli think that Holden would take that kind of fall?
$ Was Holden also worried that this would happen?
$ What made Holden start to like Ackley and Stradlater?
$ Why did Antonilli stroke his head?
$ Was he a homosexual or a pervert?
$ Why didn’t Holden ever say anything before about being molested?
Summary:
Holden arrives at a very dirty Antonilli apartment and both Mr and Mrs are drunk and not looking their best. Antonilli starts to question Holden about what had happened at Pencey and whether or not he was feeling proper. Then he starts to give him advice about life and that if he didn’t shape up he was about to have a terrible fall. He tells him that the first step to fixing everything is to start going to school and applying himself in everything so that he can go in the right direction. Holden is awakened by Antonilli stroking his head, so he gets scared leaves the apartment. He also says that this has happened to him before.
Chapter 25-26 Notes:
$ after leaving the Antonilli’s house he goes to Grand station
$ he sleeps there
$ the next day as he walks up and down 5th avenue, he starts to feel that he will disappear every time he crosses a street
$ so every time he crosses a street calls Allie and tells him to make sure that he makes it to the other side
$ he decides to leave New York and imagines living a with a deaf and mute girl.
$ he goes to Phoebe’s school to let her know about this and so that he can return her money
$ he writes her a note telling her to meet him at the museum of Arts
$ as he wonders around he becomes much more depressed when he sees the F word written on the wall.
$ he felt an extreme anger towards the person who had written that.
$ he handed his note to the secretary and then after that he left
$ He went to the museum to wait for her there
$ while he was waiting he showed 2 kids around the mummies but was angry when he saw another F word written on the walls
$ he started to think that on his grave someone would write the F word just to piss him off
$ when he finally saw Phoebe he saw that she had a big suitcase with her.
$ She tells him that she wants to go with him
$ he tells that she cannot come and they both start to get angry
$ She didn’t want to go to school so he took her to the zoo
$ When they were at the zoo they walked side by side but not too close until they got to the carousel
$ She went on the carousel once
$ The second time she went they had both come together, and forgiven each.
$ Holden had worn his red hat again and Phoebe had given him a kiss before going on again.
$ When she went on this time, Holden felt extremely happy he was crying
$ 26
$ He is with a psychoanalyst
$ D.B has been around and has been asking questions
$ he had gone home and gotten sick
$ he had been sent to a home where he had told the entire story
$ he will be going to a new school but doesn’t know if he will apply himself
$ talking about what he had gone through had made him miss everyone even more
Cues:
$ Why did he ask Allie to save him every time?
$ Why was he so scared to communicate?
$ Did the F word have any significance to him in his younger days?
$ What made Phoebe want to go with him?
$ Why did he cry when she went on the carousel the second time?
$ Where was this home?
$ How did he get sick?
$ Is the psychoanalyst Luce’s father?
$ Will he apply himself in school?
$ Does he actually wish that he had never told anyone anything?
$ Does he truly miss Ackley and Stradlater?
Summary:
He goes to Grand Station and spends the night there. While he is walking he feels as if he will disappear and prays to Allie that nothing happens to him and that he protects him while he walks. So he decides that he is going to go west and get away from everything. He decides to marry a mute and deaf girl so that he doesn’t have to communicate in any way. He wants to tell Phoebe all of this so he goes to her school to give her a note to tell her where to meet him. On the walls he sees that someone wrote “F**k you” and this angers him incredibly. So he goes to the museum of art and sees the same words once again. Once he meets Phoebe he finds out that she wants to go with him to escape society and he tells her that she cannot come with him. This angers both of them because they start to argue. Finally Holden says that he won’t go and they both go to the zoo albeit reluctantly. When Phoebe goes on the carousel, Holden feels an unexpected surge of happiness of which he had never felt before. Then Holden talks about his new home where he is with a psychoanalyst who is examining him. Holden is going to a new school and it is yet to find out whether or not he will apply himself. Also he wishes that he hadn’t told so many people about his story. He says that you should never tell anyone anything because if you do then you start missing everybody.