Characters
Holden's 10-year-old sister
Phoebe Caulfield
Smashing the garage windows
Physical manifestation of Holden's rage and grief
Holden's "Crossing the Threshold"
Leaving Pencey Prep in the middle of the night
Holden calls someone he thinks is fake
What is phony?
The cause of Allie's death
Leukemia
Wrote poems all over his baseball mitt to read when he was in the outfield
Allie Caulfield
Holden being isolated and lost as well as his desire to connect with people
The Phone Booth
Leads Holden to go into Ackley's room in the middle of the night and eventually leave Pencey the same night
Money
Dough
Fake name Holden tells Mrs. Morrow on the train
Rudolf Schmidt
Keeps her king in the back row when playing checkers
Jane Gallagher
Holden's desire to protect the innocent as well as his fear of change
The ducks in central park
Holden sees this through the window at the hotel, further confusing his sexuality
A couple spitting highballs at each other
"That killed me"
Holden really loves or is amused by something
The name of the lounge in Holden's hotel
The Lavender Room
The only person Holden does end up calling in Chapter 9
Faith Cavendish
Holden's desire to not ruin or damage a perfect thing
The snowball
Event that made Holden wary of Stradlater going on a date with Jane
Holden had gone on a double date with Stradlater and listened to him try to pressure his date into being intimate
Kissing
Necking
Who is Jim Steele?
The fake name Holden gives to the three girls at The Lavender Bar
Blonde Woman Holden considers to be a good dancer in The Lavender Room
Bernice (Crabs or Krebs)
The red hunting hat
Holden's intentional isolation and self-identification
Moment from the past that made Holden wary of Jane's stepfather
Jane crying after her father came out and asked her if there were any cigarettes in the house
For the birds
unimportant, not worth time or consideration
The name of the character Holden's younger sister has written many stories about
Hazle Weatherfield