Characters 1
Characters 2
Themes
Symbolism
Setting
100
Holden's ten year old sister, characterized as smart and red hair.
Who is Phoebe Caulfield
100
Holden's love who keeps her checkers pieces in the back.
Who is Jane Gallagher
100
Holden realizes everyone must lose this in order to grow.
What is innocence
100
Holden's red hunting hat
What is protection
100
Where Holden meets Maurice.
What is in the elevator
200
Holden's younger brother, who died of Leukemia potentially sending Holden to an insane mental state.
Who is Allie Caulfield
200
Dated Jane Gallagher, attractive but a "secret slob"
Who is Stradlater
200
Shown by Holden standing alone at the top of Bunker Hill.
What is isolation
200
Museum of Natural History
What is unchanged times
200
Where Holden meets the "pretty ugly" girls, but good dancers.
What is in the Lavender room
300
Protagonist who spends much of his life trying to weed out the phonies of the world.
Who is Holden Caulfield
300
Holden's brother who Holden feels prostitutes his talents to Hollywood.
Who is D.B Caulfield
300
Shown through the beginning of the novel when Holden states he had to "come out here" to "rest up".
What is insanity
300
Holden standing at the top of Bunker Hill alone.
What is isolation
300
Where Holden realizes everyone must lose their innocence.
What is the Carousel
400
Attractive girl who can be classified as Holden's "booty call"
Who is Sally Hayes
400
One of the teachers Holden visits who states "life is a game"
Who is Mr. Spencer
400
Shown through Holden's multiple uses of words such as "depressed" and "kills me", as well as stories of Allie.
What is sadness
400
The Catcher in the Rye dream
What is preservation of innocence
400
Where Holden runs into Lillian Simmons.
What is at Ernies
500
A student at Columbia who was Holden's student adviser at the Whooten School
Who is Carl Luce
500
Holden's neighbor at Pencey Prep
Who is Ackley
500
Holden states how everyone is a "phony" and wants to protect children from this.
What is lies
500
Ducks in the frozen Central Park lake
What is curiosity
500
Where Holden meets Horowitz
What is the New York City Taxi cab
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