Catcher in the Rye

1. Catcher in the Rye kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/catcher.htm Modified by: Laura Parsons

2. 17 Holden Caulfield is seventeen years old.

3. California He tells this story from a mental hospital in southern California. www.hillmanweb.com/brandon/11.html mental hospital

4. December He tells about events that took place over 2 days during the previous December. www.childrenofsalem.com/.../dick2.html 2 days

5. was a story writer He first tells about his older brother, D.B. who used to be a “terrific” short-story writer. www.dkimages.com/.../Adults/Men/Men-061.html His older brother, D.B

6. in Hollywood His brother now writes scripts in nearby Hollywood. www.howtowritescripts.com/.../A3B/A3B1.htm now writes scripts

7. Pencey Prep Holden begins his story at a private school in Pennsylvania called Pencey Prep. Pennsylvania

8. Football game It is a Saturday afternoon on the day of the football game against rival school, Saxon Hall. www.sandybeardsley.com/part14.html Saturday afternoon

9. Fancing team Holden is manager of the school’s fencing team. www.fencingphotos.com/ manager

10. The team’s equipment He lost the team’s equipment on the subway that morning so he misses the game. entertainment.howstuffworks.com/fencing-equip... He lost

11. Was cancelled Their fencing match in New York was cancelled. www.amateurwrestlingphotos.com/spotlight/2004... New York fencing match

12. house Holden goes to his history teacher’s, Mr. Spencer’s, home to say good-bye. www.providenceacres.com/ History teacher, Mr. Spencer’s

13. Holden got expelled and is not to return after Christmas, which begins Wednesday. www.wgfed.com/cgi/home.pl

14. Talks a lot Mr. Spencer talks a lot but means well. www.the-anagama.com/en/CGI/sfs6_diary/sfs6_diary/ Mr. Spencer

15. escapes to his dorm Holden is able to escape back to his dorm. www.boardingschoolreview.com/.../id/9/start/0 Holden

16. disturbs him A dorm neighbor, Ackley, disturbs him first. mikepope.com/blog/DisplayBlog.aspx?permalink=1299 A dorm neighbor

17. with his roommate Then he argues with his roommate, Stradlater. takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/therapies/mind-body/how He argues

18. With Holden’s friend Stradlater has just returned from a date with Holden’s old friend, Jane Gallagher. janette.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=ge... He had a date

19. the fight Stradlater wins the fight very easily. www.sharkspage.com/ Stradlater won

20. to New York City Holden has had enough of Pencey Prep and catches a train to New York City. www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/stniemin/pics/kenya05/ Holden catches a train

21. until Wednesday He plans to stay in a hotel until Wednesday, when Christmas break begins, and then return home. bbsi2003.tripod.com/thumbnails.htm Stay at a hotel

22. The Mother of a classmate www.jupiterimages.com/itemDetail.aspx?itemID=... On his way to New York City, Holden meets the mother of a classmate. He meets

23. To the mother of his classmate He lies to the mother and tells her how popular her son, the “rat” is. www.thirdwayblog.com/2006/01/page/2/

24. in Manhattan Holden gets a hotel room in Manhattan. hotels.about.com/od/newyorkcity/ss/algonquin.htm He gets a hotel room

25. His room faces another wing of the hotel. https://timessquare.com:444/index.php?Itemid=...

26. strange behaviors He observes assorted behaviors by “perverts” that are staying in the hotel. willdoherty.org/wordpress/?cat=134 Holden observes

27. Holden begins to struggle with his own sexuality. www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2006/best_actor.shtml

28. from Seattle In the hotel lobby, Holden meets three women in their thirties who are tourists from Seattle. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org/queens Three women

29. and pays the bill He dances with one of the women and ends up paying the bill for all of them. www.jupiterimages.com/itemDetail.aspx?itemID=... Holden dances

30. other women Holden met other women at “Ernie’s” nightclub in Greenwich Village. www.fotosearch.com/PDS504/200070296-001/

31. One of the women he met came back to his hotel room but he paid her to leave. www.churchedit.com/refer/ One woman went with him

32. beats Holden up The girl’s friend, Maurice, goes back to Holden’s hotel room and beats him up for more money. fuzzyblowfish.com/.../a_touching_story.html

33. Holden finally goes to sleep for just a short time on Sunday morning. www.jupiterimages.com/itemDetail.aspx?itemID=...

34. When he wakes up he calls his friend, Sally Hayes, and asks her to go to a play with him. www.fbi.gov/.../leb/2006/may2006/may2006leb.htm

35. www.jupiterimages.com/itemDetail.aspx?itemID=... After that, he leaves his hotel room and checks his luggage at Grand Central Station.

36. www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/114-11/ss.html While he is waiting to meet Sally, he eats breakfast. While he is waiting

37. Then he meets two nuns and discusses the book “Romeo and Juliet” with one of them. dee72576.tripod.com/id11.html He meets two nuns

38. After that he looks for the record, “Little Shirley Beans”, for his 10-year-old sister. images.buycostumes.com/.../20011.jpg

39. Holden finally meets with Sally whom he knows is “phony” and snobbish. tigers-fan.blogspot.com/2007/03/andrew-stouts...

40. They watch a play that features married broadway stars, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. www.vickierussell.com/photos.shtml

41. At Radio City travel.webshots.com/photo/1508893226081556563 Next Sally and Holden skate at Radio City. They skate

42. Holden tries to discuss things that matter to him and they get in a fight. www.willcountychildadvocacy.com/html/teen_pag...

43. They run off together www.fotosearch.com/IGS764/is729-008/ Holden suggests that they run off together.

44. Sees a show at Radio City Music Hall Instead, Holden leaves Sally and sees the show at Radio City Music Hall. http://www.search.com/reference/Radio_City_Music_Hall

45. dave.suparmono.com/ Next he sees a movie and drinks a lot of alcohol.

46. He continues to worry about the ducks in the lagoon at Central Park. www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2...

47. He is not able to find the ducks at the park but tries really hard. www.dkimages.com/.../Sheffield-Park-1.html

48. www.newscopy.org/.../index.html Holden is exhausted and decides to head home to see his sister, Phoebe.

49. www.istockphoto.com/.../3051/0/3051054/.html Holden and Phoebe are friends as well as siblings.

50. wordpress.com/tag/fables/feed/ He tells her that he would like to be the “catcher in the rye”.