... ]". Holden is desperate to find an individual to converse with. A geographical location where Holden shows his eagerness to open himself to someone is at Wicker's bar. Here he talks to Carl Luce. He tries to talk to Carl. Holden is desperately wants to have a intellectual conversation with him, but Carol only seems to give Holden the cold shoulder. Holden asks ... Carl many personal questions, and it is evident that Holden annoys Carl. Carl then leaves, telling Holden that he has a date. Holden begs Carl to stay. At this point in the novel, Holden feels very depressed. He turns to alcoho...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... is, being fake by accepting one's phoniness. Such is the case when Holden finds himself in a situation where he simply has no one to talk to. Holden immediately thinks of Carl Luce and says: I didn't like him too much, but he was one of these very intellectual guys-- he had the highest I.Q. of any boy at Whooton--and I thought he might ... want to have dinner with me somewhere and have a slightly intellectual conversation (Sallinger 136). While Holden mentions that he wants to have a "slightly intellectual conversation" with Carl Luce, he also states, "That's the trouble with these inte...

• Word Count: 2186
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... 's number and a teacher, Mr. Antolini's number. So he called another person who was not really a friend, but Holden thought they could have a "slightly intellectual conversation" (Salinger, 136). His name was Carl Luce. Carl told Holden that he would meet him for a drink at ten o"clock. At ten o"clock, they met at the bar and had a drink. While ... Carl tried to have a normal conversation, Holden acted really immature. Carl soon became annoyed with Holden's sexual and personal questions and left. Holden stayed at the bar and got really drunk. He was trying to drink his problems away ... ...

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

... , the death of his brother, and a deep rooted sexual dysfunction. Three people in his life force him to face his difficulties; Carl Luce, Holden's sister Phoebe, and Mr. Antolini. The first person to force Holden to face his difficulties is Carl Luce. Carl was Holden's Student Advisor when Holden was a student at a boarding school called Whooten (Salinger 185). During their time at the ... at Antolini's and after falling asleep is awakened by the touch of someone's hand on his head (249). Holden becomes extremely uncomfortable and is threatened by Antolini's presence and leaves. Carl Luc...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , so he looks at his address to find someone else and realizes that there are only about five entries in it. He ends up calling Carl Luce, a very intellectual guy he offers to go to dinner with. Carl cannot go for dinner but says he can meet Holden for a drink at 10 p.m. To kill time until the Holden decides to go to ... . He draws to the conclusion that he would like to just die than to actually fight in a war. Chapter 19 In this chapter Holden meets his friend from Wooton School, Carl Luce, t a bar called "The Wicker Bar". Luce arrives quite a while after Holden and you can tell by the ...

• Word Count: 4033
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... act like it. In fact, he acts as if he is still in junior high. "When the hell are you going to grow up?" (146) Carl Luce asks Holden this, because Holden does not understand why Carl is going out with someone who is in their thirties. The only reason that Holden can imagine is because the sex is good. That is ... ...

• Word Count: 901
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... by his sexuality. 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. Increasingly lonely, Holden finally decides to sneak back to his parents' apartment to talk to Phoebe. He borrows some ... ' school. 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. Carl Luce - A s...

• Word Count: 1065
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... clear that he believes movies to be the phoniest of all phonies. Another of Holden's old girlfriends, Sally Hayes, is a prime example of the hypocrisy Holden sees in the world. Carl Luce is an older Columbia student whom Holden knew when he attended the Whooton School. Luce is, to say the least, sexually experienced, which later adds to the torment Holden ... , but I've never got around to it yet" (Salinger 120). He speaks as though he feels he needs to make excuses as to why he is still a virgin. Holden's friend Carl Luce might possibly be a major factor as to why he feels this pressure...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... are two people he half-way finds comfort in, but knows he will never be like either of them. 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 ... isolation to maintain his preservation from the world and to keep a certain level of protection, he often destroys his own attempts to end his loneliness. For example, his conversation with Carl Luce and his date with Sally Hayes are made nearly impossibl...

• Word Count: 1187
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... a mini skirt. His rapid change of opinion shows that he has a sexual attraction for her and not a sentimental feeling towards her. Holden also calls her when drunk. 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 960
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... "even the couple of nice teachers on the faculty, they were phonies, too"( Salinger,151). Throughout the novel he encounters many characters who do seem pretentious or superficial- Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Maurice, and Sunny. But he never observes in own phoniness; he world is not simple as he would like it to be. But Holden changes. The scene when Holden ... ...

• Word Count: 1843
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... in prospective for Holden. Most importantly, she assertively states that "Allie's dead"(p.171). Holden needs someone to talk to about his problems, especially his problem with Allie's death. Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Old Spencer, and everyone else cannot help him. His relationship with phoebe shows that Holden needs someone, and it also shows that phoebe is the perfect person at the ... ...

• Word Count: 598
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... good conversation he often could not find it. He could not find enjoyable conversation with most people he met, expectually when he was in New York. These people include Bernice, Carl Luce and Sunny. When Holden tries to talk to these people they either don't want to talk or don't care to. Also many others Holden meets are what he considers ... ...

• Word Count: 1247
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... occasions Holden would stand inside a phone booth for several minutes, and not make a single call. "I thought of calling up this guy that went to the Whooton School when I was there, Carl Luce, but I didn't like him much. So I ended up not calling anybody. I came out of the booth, after about twenty minutes or so, and got my bags and walked over ... ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... to him failing out of yet another school; and, to Holden it doesn't feel like that is his real home and he doesn't feel totally "at home" with his family. Carl Luce arrived at the Wicker Bar, where Holden was waiting for him to meet him because he hasn't seen him since his days at Whooton, and after when Luce had ... ...

• Word Count: 772
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... the novel. Holden explains adults are inevitable phonies, although he is more concerned that adults cannot recognize their own superficiality. Holden's insightful attentiveness towards others phoniness, such as Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, Maurice and Sunny, recognizes he pays close attention towards other people. Nowadays the phoniness Holden discusses throughout the novel is more evident and our society has because more superficial ... ...

• Word Count: 439
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . Holden admits that he becomes sexually driven. However Holden decides simply not to go through with the act of sex with his encounter with Sunny the prostitute. While talking to Carl Luce, Holden wonders if he needs psychoanalysis because he has difficulty being intimate with a girl unless he really cares about here. Luce however lacks the maturity or good sense to ... ...

• Word Count: 2258
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School