The Catcher in the Rye
Characters
Characters
Died of leukemia at a young age
Allie
This character has gray hair
Holden
The reason that Holden was suspended from Pencey Prep
He failed his classes (other than English)
D.B. lives there
Hollywood
An object that is in nearly every scene of the novel; Holden seems very attached to it
The red hunting hat
The woman on the train
Mrs. Morrow
What is the name of Holden's acquaintance with terrible hygiene and acne?
Ackley
Holden is afraid of this natural part of life and struggles with it throughout the book
Growing up
The place that Holden wants to go to after leaving Pency
New York City
The word that Holden uses to describe almost every person he meets
A phony
The girl that Holden calls during the night when he first arrives in NYC
Faith Cavendish
Holden's roommate at Pencey Prep
Stradlater
The place Holden is standing when the story begins
Thompson Hill, overlooking campus
The name of the nightclub that starts with a color
Lavender Room
A feeling that overcomes Holden often e.g. the reason he left Pencey and went home
Loneliness or depression
The girl who was Holden's friend in Maine who he seems to obsess over throughout the novel
Jane Gallagher
The name of the student who is always snapping his towel at others at Pencey (Holden hates him)
Ernest Morrow
Holden leaves Pencey after this intense incident
He gets into a fist fight with his roommate Stradlater
The name of the club Holden goes to and sees one of D.B.'s older girlfriends
Ernie's night club
Animals about which Holden obsesses
Ducks
List Holden and his 3 siblings in birth order from YOUNGEST to OLDEST
Phoebe, Allie, Holden, D.B.
The name of the teacher that Holden visits before he leaves Pencey
Mr. Spencer
Holden hates these particular things, he never wants to see them because they are phony
Movies
Where Holden gets in an argument about what happens to the ducks in the winter
A cab
The object that belonged to Allie; Holden writes an essay about it
The baseball glove