Catcher in the Rye ¡V JD Salinger. Personages: - Holden Caulfield (H): heavy smoker, depressed, good liar, skinny, light eater, money problem, scotch&soda, ¡¥and all¡¦, ¡¥old¡¦, ¡¥that kills me¡¦, dumbest of his family. - Allie (Al): H¡¦s older brother, he died, smart. - Phoebe (P): H¡¦s kidsister, very smart. - D.B.: H¡¦s brother, smart, has been in WW2. - Ackley: grose, dirty, annoying, nice to talk to sometimes. - Stradlater: Nice guy but phoney. - Jane: used to be H¡¦s boyfriend. - Ely: Ackleys roommate. Gebeurtenissen: (per hfst) 1. H tells he is going away, because he¡¦s been kicked out of Pencey. H goes to mr Spencer. 2. H talks to mr Spencer(S) at S¡¦s home. S is sick, they talk about the schools he has been to and why he left them (lecture). S is sort of mad at him. H finds him annoying and he he thinks the room smells bad. 3. H tells where he lives in Pencey: In the Ossenburger memorial Wing of the new dorms. (junior-senior). H tells about his roommate Stradlater and Ackley(next to them). 4. H and Strad talking on their room. Str has got a date with Jane. H wants to meet her again, but he doesn¡¦t feel like it then. He stays in his room. Ack comes around to talk again. 5. Dinner, snow, go out with Ack and friend Mal Brossard. Come back. Ack still on his room. Ack leaves, H writes composition for English for Strad. 6. Strad comes back from his date with Jane. S and H argue and fight. H goes to Acks room. 7. H stays with A for a while. Then packs his things and goes to New York. 8. H goes by train. He meets the mother of somebody in his dorm (Ernest Morrow). They talk about things and H lies about everything. 9. H gets out of the train in NY goes to a phonecell, but doesn¡¦t call anybody. Takes a cab to a hotel. Tries to get a date but it doesn¡¦t work out. 10. H changes clothes and goes downstairs to the bar of the hotel (Lavender room). He dances with 3 (dumb) girls. (he doesn¡¦t like it when people say things twice, but he does it all the time himself too). 11. H sits in the lobby of the hotel and thinks about Jane. He goes out to a nightclub(Ernie¡¦s). 12. H is in the nightclub. He gets to meet Lilian, an old friend of D.B. He leaves agian. 13. Walks back to the hotel. Wants to go in another bar but doesn¡¦t. When he is in the hotel he ¡¥orders¡¦a prostitute. He is nervous when she is in his room. And decides not to do it. She (Sunny) leaves his room. 14. Sunny has left. H goes to bed. Sunny and Maurice (elevator) knock on the door. Fight because they want more money of H. 15. H wakes up . He gives Sally hayes a call, dates to go to the matinee with her. H goes out of the hotel(he checks out) goes outside (suitcases in strong-box) and is having breakfast. He meets 2 nuns, they talk, H gives them money, he really likes them. Nuns leave. 16. H¡¦s thinking. He has got enough time so goes for a long walk, buys a record for Phoebe, buys theatre tickets, and goes to the park, cause he might see P there. He doesn¡¦t. he goes to the museum he went to when he was at the same shool as P. H waits for Sally. 17. H meets Sally. The go to the play. S meets an old friend of hers. H hates it. The leave after the play and go (ice)skating. H asks S to go with him far away somewhere. S gets mad. 18. H leaves skatingring. He gets a sandwich, thinks about Jane again. Gives Carl Luce a call, they meet at 10. H first goes to a movie. 19. H meets Carl in a bar. They talk, C leaves. 20. H says in the bar for a while and gets drunk. H goes out to call Sally again. (middle of the night). Goes back into the bar. Goes to the park, record he bought for P breaks. Sits there. Is planning to go to his home. Just to see old phoebe. 21. H is home, talks to phoebe

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23. H talks to P, Calls mr Antolini (english teacher). Parents come home, H hides. H cries. Lends some money of P and leaves
24. (H is troubled morally & spiritually „³ confused, frightened, sickened by human behavior) 25. H is at mr ans mrs Antolini¡¦s house. H talks to mr A about his future, leaves, cause he thinks mr A is a pervert cause he touched his head when he woke up. 26. Sits/sleeps at the station in the morning, gets coffee, walks, buys paper&pen to write P a note about him wanting to leave. Goes to p¡¦s school and lets the old lady bring the note to P. He thinks about where he wants to go to. He meets P at te museum. She wants to go with him. He won¡¦t let her. She gets sore about it. They go to zoo. He likes him again. They go to the carousel. 27. He is home again and goes to another school again (=nawoord door H). Titelverklaring: ¡¥If a body meets a body coming through the Rye¡¦. (blz 121). ¡¥Catcher in the Rye¡¦, because when he is in his home, talking to Phoebe (hfst 22), She asks him what he wants to become. H thinks about kids playing in a field of rye. He is the only ¡¥big¡¦ one around. He is standing on the edge of a cliff. He has got to save everyone who wants to jump off it.