He has not opened up to anyone about his grief over his brother. He sneaks into his apartment and listens to his mother scold Phoebe, while he hides in the closet, he can't even confront her, he doesn't trust her. What dirty trick did Mr Spencer pull on Holden? Spencer pulls the ultimate dirty trick on Holden.
He pulls out Holden's latest essay on the Egyptians and reads its aloud, right down to Holden's self-degrading note: "I know this is junk, so it's OK if you flunk me, don't worry about it" Ch. What age did Allie die?
What does Holden Caulfield hate? Holden mentions consistently throughout the story that what he hates the most, in general, is quote "phony people". Who is Ackley's roommate? What does Stradlater look like?
What disorder does Holden Caulfield have? Today, readers might infer that Holden must be suffering from some combination of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD , and anxiety. Holden himself references mental illness, trauma, and psychoanalysis. Is Holden depressed? As has been pointed out by previous respondents, Holden is particularly depressed by the death of his brother Allie from Leukemia when Holden was Holden no doubt finds that depressing.
He also is depressed over the prospect of once more facing his parents and being seen as a failure. What made Holden cry? Maurice told him if he did then your parents will find out that you spent the night with a whore. Sally Hayes Holden's date to a matinee on Sunday is attractive but shallow and artificial. Jane Gallagher Holden likes to remember Jane as a sensitive, innocent girl with a unique approach to checkers.
She is Stradlater's date Saturday evening, which bothers Holden. Ward Stradlater Holden's roommate at Pencey is handsome but vain and a boorish womanizer.
Robert Ackley Holden's dorm neighbor at Pencey is a regular annoyance. Ossenburger A wealthy alum, his hackneyed speech to the Pencey students at chapel is interrupted in a creative way by Edgar Marsalla. Holden's dorm wing is named after the mortician magnate. James Castle A student at Elkton Hills, he jumped to his death rather than recant a statement about an arrogant bully. Morrow The mother of Holden's contemptible classmate, Ernest, she shares a train ride and creative conversation with "Rudolf Schmidt," the alias used by Holden.
Sunny A teenage prostitute at the Edmont Hotel, she is frightening despite her "little bitty voice. Maurice To collect an extra five bucks, Sunny's pimp roughs up Holden, who is calling himself "Jim Steele" for the hooker.
Bernice is a very good dancer. He was in the war, too—he landed on D-Day and all—but I really think he hated the Army worse than the war. I was practically a child at the time, but I remember when he used to come home on furlough and all, all he did was lie on his bed, practically.
He hardly ever even came in the living room. Later, when he went overseas and was in the war and all, he didn't get wounded or anything and he didn't have to shoot anybody.
All he had to do was drive some cowboy general around all day in a command car. He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were. I remember Allie once asked him wasn't it sort of good that he was in the war because he was a writer and it gave him a lot to write about and all.
He made Allie go get his baseball mitt and then he asked him who was the best war poet, Rupert Brooke or Emily Dickinson. Allie said Emily Dickinson. Thought 1 : D. Thought 2 : the image of D. We have to ask: between D.
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