The Catcher in the Rye Characters
Described as tall, round-shouldered, and pimply.
Who is Robert Ackley?
The reason that Holden was suspended from Pencey Prep.
What is he failed 4/5 classes?
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 transportation to NYC.
What is a train?
An artificially high voice.
What is falsetto?
Described as strong, experienced, and conceited.
Who is Ward Stradlater?
Holden finds this word particularly "phony".
What is "grand"?
The word that Holden uses to describe almost every person he meets
What is a phony?
The person Holden meets and talks to on the train.
Who is Ernest Morrow's mother?
A large checkered pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth, typically used in cloth for jackets and suits.
What is hounds-tooth?
Died of leukemia at a young age.
Who is Allie?
The situation that caused Holden's parent to want him psychoanalyzed.
What is breaking all the windows in the garage?
A feeling that overcomes Holden often e.g. the reason he left Pencey and went home.
What is loneliness?
Holden claims this about his former classmate, as it pertains to his social status?
What is the most popular boy on campus?
Hair product popular during WWII, leaves hair looking neat, manageable, well-groomed and healthy looking.
What is Vitalis?
The girl who was Holden's best friend. He seems to obsess over throughout the novel.
Who is Jane Gallagher?
Mr. Spencer yells these words to Holden as he leaves his house.
What is "good luck"?
The object that belonged to Allie; Holden writes an essay about it.
What is the baseball glove?
The person's identity that Holden uses to mask his own on the way to New York.
Who is the school janitor?
Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest/ lacking in variation in tone or pitch.
What is monotonous?
Holden's last name.
What is Caulfield?
According to Holden, this is how you identify a moron.
What is never discussing anything intelligent?
Animals about which Holden obsesses.
What are ducks?
Holden claims this is the reason to why he is leaving Pencey early.
What is for a brain tumor operation in New York?
The act or practice of behaving so as to attract attention to oneself.
What is exhibitionist?