Holden's insightful attentiveness towards others phoniness, such as Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Maurice and Sunny, recognizes he pays close attention towards other people. ... Holden discusses his difficulty with relationships, intimacy as his difficulty in calling Jane Gallagher, and his date with Sally Hayes, which went terribly wrong because of his rudeness. ...
Holden Caulfield Holden is the protagonist and the narrator of the novel. He is a 16-year-old junior who has been expelled from Pencey Prep for academic failure. Holden is very intelligent, and sensitive, but he narrated the novel in a cynical and jaded tone. He thinks everyone is phony, and b...
He wants to see his sister Phoebe and his old girlfriend Jan Gallagher, but instead he spends his time with Sally Hayes, a shallow person Holden's age, and Carl Luce, a pretentious Columbia student Holden treats as a source of sexual knowledge. ... Sally Hayes - Another of Holden's girlfriends, a young socialite who attends the Mary A. ... Unlike Jane's, Sally's main motivation is to be attractive and popular, and she succeeds. Holden is attracted to Sally's beauty and charisma, but her hypocrisy and cruelty repel him. ...
When he goes to New York City, the first person Holden thinks of calling is Sally Hayes. Even if he does not have the courage to call Jane, he immediately calls Sally and they go out together. ... After meeting with Carl Luce at the bar, Caulfield gets really drunk and decides to go outside and call Sally, "But when I got inside this phone booth, I wasn't much in the mood any more to give old Jane a buzz. ... So what I did, I gave old Sally Hayes a buzz" (Salinger 150). ...
In Holden's effort to gain romance in his life, he goes on a date with a girl named Sally Hayes. When Holden first sees Sally, he says, "[He] felt like marrying her the minute he saw her. ... Holden obviously doesn't really want to marry Sally right then, but the fact that he suggests marriage means he's looking for more than just a one night stand. ...
b) One mourning while in New York Holden calls Sally Hayes and makes a date for her later that afternoon. At two O"clock Holden meets Sally at the Biltmore Hotel, even though Sally is late she looks good, so Holden forgets about it. Holden makes out with Sally on the way to the movie theater. ... He even goes as far as to say he and Sally should escape together to a log cabin. ... Holden attempts an apology but Sally starts to cry and Holden leaves without her.A more mature way for Holden to handle the situation would have been tosit through the play and tell Sally he enjoyed and also tell he...
Along the way, Holden comes across Sally Hayes, an old girlfriend; Carl Luce, a past friend; three ladies at a hotel lobby who give him little regard because of his age; two nuns who discuss Shakespeare with him; and an old teacher named Mr. ... For example, his conversation with Carl Luce and his date with Sally Hayes are made nearly impossible by his rude behavior. ...
This stops him from being able to hold friendships with people for instance when he meets up with Sally and everything is going great and he completely ruins the time they spent together with the ignorant things he says. ... A key example is his "date" with Sally Hayes he feels horrible after calling her an ass but he shouldn't have said it in the first place. ...
The novel, The Catcher In The Rye, is about a young man named Holden, who narrates the story of a short period in his life. It is a realistic novel which tells about modern day things from a boy's point of view. Since he is the narrator, he lets the reader know what he thinks, and not just what he d...
Later in he novel, Holden meets up with an old friend, Sally Hayes. ... (Page 132) That was Holden's super idea to offer to Sally. ... Of course, Sally thought it was totally ridiculous and they were engaged in a huge argument and she finally left. ... Now it's all very clear why was it that Holden came up with his absurd proposition to Sally. ...
His attempts to find emotional support from his peers, Sally and Luce, are unsuccessful because they are well adjusted to society and can not understand what Holden is going through. ... However, Holden himself admits although he doesn't particularly like Sally Hayes, he tells her he loves her. ... His old girlfriend Sally does not even notice the things that depress Holden. When he tries to explain to her why he hates New York and people who only talk about "how many miles they get to a gallon-, Sally says that she does not understand what he is talking about. ...
Feelings of separation or isolation are often times a normal emotion of American youth. Two works that exaggerate these feelings are Catcher in the Rye and The Graduate. More specifically, the main characters in these two works, Holden and Ben, become symbols of isolation. These works do not attemp...
On the morning of his second day in New York Holden calls Sally Hayes and makes a date with her in the afternoon. ... He meets sally and they go to a movie which Holden ends up despising, but says he enjoys in order to humor Sally. Sally then wants to go ice skating so she can wear a short skating skirt that shows off her legs. ... He asks Sally to join him and when she tells him he's being ridiculous he persists and ends up making her very upset. ...
Holden decides to meet up with his old girlfriend, Sally Hayes at the theater. ... Sally thinks that he is crazy, and she decides to go home. ... Before Holden met Sally for their date, he stops in front of the Museum of Natural History and begins to reminisce. ...
The Catcher in the Rye Introduction: The reason why I had to make this extra bookreport needs no further explanation. Ofcourse I didn't like it much, because it takes a lot of time again, but I knew very well that only I was responsible for that. This time I learned from my mistakes and bec...
The next day, Holden called Sally Hayes and made a date with her, even though he did not really like her. ... Afterwards, Holden went to meet Sally. ... After the movie, they had a fight and Holden told Sally that she was a pain in the ass. ... (Salinger, 133) This quote shows that Holden is not in a good mood and he is taking out his anger on Sally. ...
This was shown very throughout the entire film of "American Beauty" with Mena Suvari's character Angela Hayes. ... Although Hollywood has a tendency to show teens as "sex craved maniacs" it really should follow the lead of Angela Hayes in "American Beauty" and show them as they truly are which is people who talk and portray a much bigger understanding then what is truly there. ...
He is also disturbed by the fact that he is aroused by women whom he doesn't respect or care for, like the blonde tourist he dances with in the Lavender room, or like Sally Hayes, who he refers to as stupid even as he arranges a date with her. ...
J.D. Salinger brings out the qualities of his main character, Holden Caufield, through his relationships with his siblings in The Catcher In The Rye. Each sibling brings out a different characteristic, and each relationship carries a different meaning. Holden's relationship with his older brother D....
He is unable to figure out who he would like to call since his brother D.B. is in Hollywood; his little sister Phoebe is probably asleep; he doesn't really feel like calling Jane Gallagher and another girl he considers calling, Sally Hayes, he decides it would be best not to since her mother already hates him so his calling at such an hour wouldn't be the best idea. ...
For example, his loneliness made him to date Sally Hayes, but his need for isolation causes him to insult her. ... Throughout the novel he encounters many characters who do seem pretentious or superficial- Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Maurice, and Sunny. ...
Holden labels Sally Hayes as the queen of phonies because everything is "marvelous" and "lovely" for her. Holden hates Sally for that fact that she won't just take risks and live life on the edge by getting married, but Sally is realistic and thinks about what will happen in the future and the hardships that they will have to go through. ...
