... York City, at a stop in Trenton an attractive women whom is older than Holden boards the train. She sits next to him and recognizes the Pencey Prep sticker on his bag. She turns out to be the mother of one his former classmates, Ernest Morrow. Holden hates Ernest but tells his mother ... his name is Rudolph Schmidt, which is the name of a custodian at Pencey Prep. Mrs. Morrow told Holden she received a letter from Ernest saying that he would be home on Wednesday, she asks Holden why he is not at school. He goes as far to say he has a brain tumor and is going ... and full of themselves ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... very touchy when it comes to personal information. The story he is telling starts with him on a hill. He is trying to say goodbye to his school, Pencey Prep., since he was expelled. Of course, it was Holden's own fault since he failed everything except English. The fall starts to pick up speed with that ... to be successful in life. He then tells us that he was the equipment manager of the fencing team and when they were going to another school for a meet, he left all the equipment on the subway. By doing that, he probably lost the trust of the team, although it did ... going, I"m liable...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... his character is their " inability to cope with situations they do not completely control" (French 121). Also, "Holden Caulfield moves from prep school to prep school, is threatened with military school, and knows an older Columbia student, among other similarities." (sparknotes). Today, Salinger lives a recluse life in the hills of New Hampshire ... any time period and still contain all of the same meaning. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist and narrator, is a sixteen year-old junior at Pencey Prep. When we first meet Holden, he says, "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... of The Catcher in the Rye This novel takes place mostly in New York City in the 1950's although it begins at a private academy called Pencey Prep, just outside of the city. The main character and narrator, Holden Caulfield, tells the story of the "madman" stuff that happened to him ... Saturday in December a few days before the students of Pencey Prep are released for Christmas break. He has just learned of his expulsion from Pencey and is quite worried about how his parents will react to the news that he has been kicked out of another school. He absolutely despises most everything about...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... last chapters, which take place somewhere in California in a psychiatric rest home. The main action of the novel takes place first at a boarding school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania and then mainly in New York City. The narrative evocative of Manhattan in the 1950's, taking place at and around the various ... especially Holden himself. Holden's journey begins on a Saturday in December, just before school closes for Christmas break. He has been informed of his expulsion from Pency Prep school. What worries him the most about being kicked out of school is his parents" reaction, for he has alre...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... he was a young man at the age of sixteen. The story starts off at Pencey Prep, Holden's present school at which he was flunking out of. Holden had only a few more days before his expulsion from Pencey, so he had been paying his final dues to his admired instructors, such as Mr ... . Spencer, Holden's elderly History teacher. After spending some bothersome hours with Mr. Spencer, Holden returned to his room in Ossenburger Memorial Hall. There he was visited by Robert Ackley whom he disliked with a great passion, however he still had a conversation with him about school ... fight that Hold...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... recover from the passing away of his brother, and his friend. He became alone in his own cold world. Following his third expulsion from his third high school, Holden left his most recent ex-school, Pencey Prep, days before he was supposed to. He caught a train with his red hunting hat to New York and spent a few days in the city. "New York's terrible ... ...

• Word Count: 1287
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School