The Catcher and the Rye, by J.D. Salinger is an inspiring novel narrated by teenage boy Holden. The book takes us through his adventure -- seeing how he abides with certain challenges, absconds from his friends, family, and school, and the memories he can't seem to leave behind.
The beginning of the book takes place at his current boarding school, Pencey. This is one of the many boarding schools he has had to attend to because he had gotten kicked out of all the others. With no surprise, he has been expelled from this one too. Primarily, he was expelled for his lack of effort and failing nearly every single class. As soon as he heard of this news, he goes and visits his history teacher. From the way the author presents this teacher, we have the feeling that Holden is close to him. Although, once he visits the teacher, he tells Holden everything he doesn't want to hear; ergo, he decides to leave. Holden then writes a composition for his English teacher. The instructions were to write about something that intrigues you. He chose to write about his brother who had passed away, Allie. This makes him very sad and emotional. Allie was one of the only people who inspired him and he made a huge impact on his life. This was the last thing that he did for school and after, he fleeced.
He decided to go to New York in which he would begin his "rebellious" journey. There were a vast number of rebellious events that occurred to Holden. Most of these were caused out of loneliness. He was lonely so he hired a prostitute, he was lonely so he went to a bar alone, etc. He also finally has the courage to ask a girl, Sally to hang out. This backfires because he acts coldly towards her and is quite rude to her. After she leaves, he decides to call another girl, Jane, who doesn't even pick up. Then, he calls an old friend from one of the schools he had gotten expelled from. Lastly, he calls his English teacher who invites him to stay at his house. He also visits his little sister Phoebe and is delighted to see her. She begs him to stay, but he leaves again. Only to return to her school the following day to leave her the note. The book ends around here because Holden returns home and his "adventurous journey" comes to an end.
The beginning of the book takes place at his current boarding school, Pencey. This is one of the many boarding schools he has had to attend to because he had gotten kicked out of all the others. With no surprise, he has been expelled from this one too. Primarily, he was expelled for his lack of effort and failing nearly every single class. As soon as he heard of this news, he goes and visits his history teacher. From the way the author presents this teacher, we have the feeling that Holden is close to him. Although, once he visits the teacher, he tells Holden everything he doesn't want to hear; ergo, he decides to leave. Holden then writes a composition for his English teacher. The instructions were to write about something that intrigues you. He chose to write about his brother who had passed away, Allie. This makes him very sad and emotional. Allie was one of the only people who inspired him and he made a huge impact on his life. This was the last thing that he did for school and after, he fleeced.
He decided to go to New York in which he would begin his "rebellious" journey. There were a vast number of rebellious events that occurred to Holden. Most of these were caused out of loneliness. He was lonely so he hired a prostitute, he was lonely so he went to a bar alone, etc. He also finally has the courage to ask a girl, Sally to hang out. This backfires because he acts coldly towards her and is quite rude to her. After she leaves, he decides to call another girl, Jane, who doesn't even pick up. Then, he calls an old friend from one of the schools he had gotten expelled from. Lastly, he calls his English teacher who invites him to stay at his house. He also visits his little sister Phoebe and is delighted to see her. She begs him to stay, but he leaves again. Only to return to her school the following day to leave her the note. The book ends around here because Holden returns home and his "adventurous journey" comes to an end.
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