Characters
Protagonist, narrator, tells story from mental hospital in California.
Holden
A word Holden uses to describe adults.
Phony.
"Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony."
Holden
Why is Holden getting kicked out of Pencey Prep?
He is failing all of his classes except for English.
What happened when Holden asked Stradlater about his date with Jane?
They get into a fight
Roller-skate skinny, intelligent.
Phoebe
Someone who is cold, uses this word to describe Jane.
Icicle
"Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules."
Mr. Spencer
What does Mr. Spencer read to Holden?
Holden's final exam essay
Where does Holden decide to go after fighting Stradlater?
New York
Died at 11, had a baseball mitt with poems on it.
Allie
Monotonous.
"Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake...that's a deer shooting hat."
Ackley
What does Stradlater ask to wear on his date with Jane?
Holden's houndstooth jacket
Who does Holden always ask about the ducks in Central Park?
Cab Drivers
Holden's roommate, handsome, knows his way around women, vain.
Stradlater
Unable to read or write.
Illiterate.
Stradlater
What does Holden end up writing Stradlater's composition on?
Allie's baseball mitt
Where are the three "witches", Marty, Laverne, and Bernice, from?
Seattle, WA
Goes on a date with Stradlater, Holden's childhood friend.
Jane
Flu-like sickness.
Grippe.
"Excuse me, but isn't that a Pencey Prep sticker?"
Ernest Morrow's Mother
Broke all of the garage windows
Who does Holden run into at Ernie's that used to date D.B.?
Lillian Simmons