CITR Character List

Holden: a 16 year old boy who has not kicked out of school many different times. He believes that most of the people in the world are phonies.
Ackly: Holden's next door neighbor at Pency.
Stradlater: Holden's roommate at Pency and is with Jane.
Jane: A girl that used to be with Holden for a summer. Holden still thinks about her alot.
Pheobe: Holden's little sister. She is very intelligent and Holden likes her alot. She listens to everything he tell her. She is only 10 years old.
Allie: Younger brother of Holden who died of leukemia. He had a baseball glove with poems written on it.
Sally: A girl who dated Holden for a very long time.
Mr. Antonili: Holden went to him to talk and is his old English teacher.

CITR Ch.21-26 Response

I really dislike the ending of this book it just kind of stops and leaves you hanging. I think that in the last chapter you can see that holden is trying to get things resolved and making some progress but he is still not better. I wonder if he will be completely cured from his sickness. I thinbk that he finally started to realize the way he was to other people which is good.

CITR Ch.26

Holoden tells us that he went home and to the hospital to the psych ward. he says that he is trying to get himself better. But he still shows signs of not being better when he is saying don't tell don't tell. he says that he can't miss anyone anymore cause he has already missed everyone that he can.

CITR Ch.25

Holden is really falling apart in this chapter. He feels likie he is dissapearing. He talks to allie as he crosses the road and all sorts of weird things. He lets pheobe know that he is goign to leave town but she protests and makes him stay. While he is at her school he sees the f word all over and thinks that that is why all the kids are getting ruined. pheobe gets really upset with him

CITR Ch.24

Holden goes to the house and realizes they just had a party and are a little intoxicated. They talk about pency and why he got kicked out and all of that stuff. Holden says how he didn't agree with the rules and stuff but his teacher says that even if he doesn't like it he needs to deal with it or he will never get anywhere in life. So then they go to bed and holden wakes up in the middle of the night with his teacher stroking his head and freaks out and leaves.

CITR Ch.23

So holden and pheobe get done talking and so holden calls his old english teacher to see if he can stay the night at his house and that he got kicked out of pensy. So then his parents come home and he has to hide in the closet so that they don't know that he is there. Then he tells his sister good bye and then leaves.

CITR Ch.22

So holden gets back and starts to tell his sister why he got kicked out of Pency. he says that he failed all of his classes except for english. He aslo starts talking about his intense hate for phony people and he says that he likes allie though because he is not like that. Then pheobe says that allie is dead and you cant like a dead person like that. Then he explains that he wants to be the "Catcher in the rye." and save kids's innocence.

CITR Ch.21

He sneaks into his house to talk to his sister and he is very excited to do so. Then he gets in and wakes her up and she is very excited to see him. She starts talking about anything and everything. She talks for a very long while. then she realizes that holden is back early and says that their father is going to kill him for getting kicked out of another school. She keeps saying that so holden gets mad and decides to go and get more smokes.

CITR Ch.16-20 Respone

I think that it becomes even more clear that he struggles with being lonely because he calls a bunch of people and tries to have meetings with them. It also comes out about him misseng alli's funeral. I think that this really hurts him because he has had no closuer to his death. Also he really like Jane but is like scared of her. He really needs a good friend but he is so critical of everyone else that i don't think he really can.

CITR Ch.20

Holden stays at the bar after luce leaves and gets wasted. He then calls sally and tries to make another date with her but her grandmother gets very upset with him. Then he starts to go back to the park and on his way falls and breaks the record that he bought for Pheobe. This makes him really upset. he then starts talking about alli and his funeral and how he missed it and was very upset about that. then he decides to go to his house and talk to pheobe

CITR Ch.19

He meets another friend at the bar. He doesn't really like the kid but says that he likes it that he always talks about sex. So when they meet holden starts asking him a bunch of questions about sex. But Luce gets annoyed with him and tells him that he is not like that anymore and then eventually gets mad at holden adn just leaves the bar.

CITR Ch.18

Holden decides to call Jane but when he does no one answers the phone. So he calls one of his old friends to go and have drinks. SO he goes but gets annoyed very quickly like usual. So he leaves and goes to a movie which he gets annoyed with and then leaves to go to a bar to meet someone.

CITR Ch.17

It is time for Holden to go on his date with sally so he goes and meets her. They decide to go to a play. They call a cab to get them there and on the way in the cab they make out. Sally starts flirting with other guys and this bothers holden a lot. But then they decide to go ice skating. so they go. While they are taking a break holden starts acting all weird and gets sally all worked up and she tells him to go away so he leaves alone.

CITR Ch.16

He starts thinking about how badly he wants to see Pheobe his sister. So he decides to go to a park where knows that she hangs out a lot. but when he gets there and looks around awhile he realizes she is not there and so he goes and finds one of her friends. Her friend says that she is on a school trip to a museum. so he decides to go to the museum and so he walks there but when he gets there he starts thinking about old times and gets depressed so he doesn't go in and leaves.

CITR Ch.11-15 Response

In these chapters you can really tell that Holden struggles with being lonely. The only reason he wanted the hooker is so that he would have some company. Also the date with sally that he sets up is basically just so that he can be with someone. I think that it is kind of his own fault though because he is so critical of other people. I think that he also struggles alot with Allis death. He can't get over it and even talks about how it affects his family. He is just looking for something to not make himself feel so bad i think that is why he is so harsh on other people.

CITR Ch.15

Holden leaves the hotel and calls sally and arranges a date. He goes and stashes his stuff in a locker. While he does he talks about his parents. He says that his father hates it when he loses things. also he talks about how his mother has not been doing well since his brother has died. He is also nervious about how she will take the news about him getting kicked out of another school. He hopes that it won't affect her health harshly. then he meets two nuns and thinks a lot about religion and what they do. HE starts feeling guilty and gives them ten dollars. jThen he feels bad later and wishes he would have given them more.

CITR Ch.14

Holden is in bed theinking about alli and jane and all sorts of things. Then suddenly he hears a knock on the door. He goes and answers it and it is the elavator operator. He says that he needs the extra 5 dollars that holden didn't give the hooker but holden still refuses to pay. So then the operator beats him up snd then leaves. But not until they steal the money out of his wallet and then Holden hobbles back to bed and goes to sleep.

CITR Ch.13

Holden leaves the club and instead of getting a cab he decides to just walk all the way back to his hotel. when he gets back to the hotel the elavator guy asks him if he wants a hooker for 5 dollars. He thinks that he could use some company and says why not. So the hooker comes and Holden feels very uncomfortable and then she takes off her dress and that makes him even more uncomfortable. so then he tells her to leave and gives her the 5 bucks but then she tells him it is ten and refuses to pay and then finally gets her to leave.

CITR Ch.12

Holden goes to a club called ernie's. He goes there to see Ernie play the piano.and he does but he is not impressed. Then while he is there he sees a girl that his brother D.B. used to date. So he talks to her for a while but then he gets all flustered wioth the people in the club and very annoyed with the girl and he leaves.

CITR Ch.11

Holden explains more about his relationship with Jane. He says how he loved to hold hands with her because she was the type of girl that didn't care if your hands were sweaty or not.he says that they never did anything sexual exept kiss once. He also says that she is the only other person to ever see alli's glove which shows that he has a lot of trust in her and really thinks the world of her.

CITR CH.6-10 Response

In these chapters i think that we learn again that Holden really never has anything good to say about anyone. All he does is points out everyones flaws. If someoene has any bad character qualities he is sure to point them out. Also he takes everything that people say very personally. When Stradlater rips up the composition Holden really takes it like a personal attack especially sine it is dealing with his deceased brother. Also he really likes women. You can tell that he feels very attracted to them but even them don't escape the strict scrutiny he spews forth.

CITR Ch.10

When this chapter starts he is in his hotel room he wants to call his sister to talk but he doesn't want his parents to answer the phone. We find out that his brother D.B. is a writer. He dances with some girls but they are all a lot older than him. Basically everyone in the club thing is older than him but he just tries to look older than he is so he will fit in. He finds these three girls that he hangs out with most of the night. he really has nothing good to say about anyone which fits his character about not saying anything good about anyone.

CITR Ch.9

So he gets to the bus station and wants to call his sister just to talk but then he decides that since it is the middle of the night he shouldn't. Then he gets a taxi and as they are driving by a lake he asks the cab driver where the ducks go for the winter and he gets mad and says nothing then he goes to the hotel and sees some very weird people. in one room he sees a guy dressed like a girl and then in another room he sees a guy and girl spitting water on each other. So then he starts feeling lonely and so he hires a hooker. but all he wants to do is talk to her.

CITR Ch. 8

In this chapter holden walks all the way to the train station from pency and catches a late night train to New York. While he is on the train he meets a mother of one of the other boys at Pency and she asks him why he is leaving and he tells her that he is having an operation. She also asks him who he is and he gives her the name of the janitor. He also tells her that he has a brain tumor and that that is why he had to have the operation.

CITR Ch. 7

Holden is in ackleys room in his roommates bead and can't get to sleep. He keeps thinking about how he can't imagine Jane fooling around with Stradlater and it really bothers him because he still likes her a lot. So he tries to talk to Ack about stuff and he doesnt want to talk and eventually falls asleep and so then he wakes him up because it makes him very unhappy that he wont talk with him. So then he eventually packs up his stuff and decides to leave Pency that nigh instead of waiting for wednesday.

CITR Ch. 6

In this chapter Stradlater comes home after his date and holden wants to know all that happened because he obviously has lots of feelings for Jane still and Stradlater says nothing but then finally he says that they fooled around or something. Then Stradlater reads the composition and says that it sucks and that no wonder he is failing all of his classes because he sucks at it. And that his brothers glove is a dumb subject. so holden gets angry and rips up the composition and then he starts a fight with Stradlater and Strad ends up beating him pretty good. So then after he takes the beating he goes over to ackleys room and he is all bloody and everything.

CITR Ch. 1-5 Response

In the first 5 chapters we learn that Holden is very set apart from other people and that also he points out basically everyone elses flaws. He also has this red hat that basically represents him being depressed. When he is the most depressed he puts that hat on and just thinks about his brother because the hat is red and so was his brothers hair. he feels very guilty about his brothers death. he wishes that he wouldve used the time better that he had with him.

CITR Ch.5

In this chapter Holden Ack and another guy decide to go to a movie and then they go but it ends up that it is a movie that they have already seen so then they decide to just go and get some food and stuff instead of the movie.After that they go back home Ack comes with Holden to his room and Holden tries to get rid of him but cant then eventually he tells ack that he has to write a paper so he leaves. then he tries to think of somehting to write the paper about and ends up doing it over a baseball glove that was his brothers before he died so he writes the paper on it. HE just changes the name so that they know that its not his.

CITR Ch.4

In this chapter Ack finally leaves and so then Stradlater has a date so he goes down to the bathroom to get ready and holden has nothing to do so he goes down there to talk with him. While they are down there Holden did nothing but think about everything wrond with straDlater how his razor sucks and all sorts of things. Strad asks him if he will write a paper for him and he says that he doesn't know if he will have time. Then he finds out that the person that strad is going on a date with is a girl that holden knows and that he really likes. Holden gets almost upset because he taking her on a date and says that strad needs to give her his regards. The thought of stradlater fooling around with Jane really upsets him.

CITR Ch.3

In the beggining of this chapter holden tells how good of a liar he is and that he lies about everything just to lie sometmes. he said that it doesn't matter how simple of a thing it is he will lie about it. Even if he is walking to the store and someone asks him where he is going then he will tell them that he is going somewhere else then we go back to his room and meet Robert Ackley, He doesn't have much good to say about him like he has nothing good to say about anyone. Him and Ack talk for a bit and Holden is just trying to get him to leave but he stays around to annoy Holden then at the end of the chapter holden's roommate stradlater. Ack hates stadlater and will =do anything to mess his stuff up.

CITR Ch.2

This whole chapter is spent talking to Mr. Spencer. he asks him how many of his classes he is failing and why. He also i think feels bad about flunking Holden but Holden says that he doesn't care and tells him not to worry about it he knew it was coming. Then he shows Holden his test and yells at him for how terrible it is. Then they talk for awhile about what he should do and where he is going to go to school now. They also talk about the other schools that he has gone to and why he failed them. then he asked him what he thought about Pency and if he had any problems with it and Holden says no. Then as he is leaving Mr. Spencer says good luck and Holden really like this.

C.R. Ch.1

In the first chapter we learn a little about Holden. We learn that Holden is a pretty negative person. We also learn that he is getting kicked out of Pency Prep. He just got back from a fencing tournament. He is the manager of the fencing team. They didn't even get to compete because he lost all the foils and gear. They got on the wrong subway and he was trying to find the right one. It is december. At the end of the chapter he goes to talk to his social studies teacher Mr. Spencer.