characters
16-year-old who narrates the story and this point of view
Who is Holden and first person narrator.
Belonged to Allie and had poems written on it
What is baseball mitt?
The gift that Holden buys for Phoebe, but breaks it when he's drunk
What is a record?
Holden took this date to the show with the Lunts
Who is Sally?
What does Holden worry in the winter and what do they symbolize?
What is the ducks in the lagoon and the change of growing up (the need to adapt to change).
The boy who jumped out the window rather than take back what he said about someone
Who is James Castle?
Holden used to go here as a kid for school and now Phoebe goes there
What is the Museum of Natural History? Symbolizes constancy.
The Columbia student who advises Holden to see a psychoanalyst
Who is Carl Luce?
Where Holden takes Phoebe at the end of the book before he gets sick
What is the carousel?
Women whom Holden tries to make a date with when he gets to New York
Who is Faith Cavendish?
Holden wants to be this after hearing a little boy singing a song.
What is "The Catcher in the Rye?" Symbolizes the preservation of innocence.