Catcher in the Rye
Characters
Characters
Died of leukemia at a young age.
Who is Allie?
The main character of Catcher in the Rye
Who is Holden?
The reason that Holden was suspended from school
What is that he failed his classes (other than English !)?
D.B. lives here.
Where is Hollywood?
An object that is in nearly every scene of the novel; Holden seems very attached to it.
What is the red hunting hat?
Holden's sister who he is fiercely protective of
What is the name of Holden's acquaintance with terrible hygiene and acne?
Who is Ackley?
Holden is afraid of this natural part of life and struggles with it throughout the book.
What is growing up?
The place that Holden wants to go to after leaving Pency
What is New York City?
The word that Holden uses to describe almost every person he meets
What is a phony?
The girl that Holden meets in the hotel room
Who is Sally
Holden's roommate at Pencey Prep.
The name of Holden's boarding school
Pencey Prep
The public area where Holden takes Phoebe to ride the carousel
Central Park
The meaning behind when Holden says he wants to be a Catcher in the rye
To save kids from falling off the cliff. Protecting innocence
The girl who was Holden's friend in Maine who he seems to obsess over throughout the novel.
Who is Jane Gallagher?
The name of the student who is always snapping his towel at others at Pencey (Holden hates him)
Who is Ernest Morrow?
This is what happens with Mr. Antollini?
He pets Holden's hair while he is sleeping.
Where does Holden's interaction with Sunny and Maurice happen?
What is the hotel?
Animals about which Holden obsesses.
What are ducks?
List Holden and his 3 siblings in birth order from YOUNGEST to OLDEST.
Who are Phoebe, Allie, Holden, then D.B.?
The name of the teacher that Holden visits before he leaves Pencey
Who is Mr. Spencer?
How the novel ends
Phoebe on the carousel with Holden crying happy tears.
Where Holden gets in an argument about what happens to the ducks in the winter.
What is a cab?
The object that belonged to Allie; Holden writes an essay about it.
What is the baseball glove.