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Summary: Chapter 1. Holden Caulfield writes his story from a rest home to which he has been sent for therapy. He refuses to talk about his early life, ...

Scared of the adult world, Holden clearly shies away from intimacy and is terrified of his burgeoning sexuality: he is too scared both to call Jane and to sleep ...

Holden's nostalgic love of the museum is rather tragic: it represents his hopeless fantasizing, his inability to deal with the real world, and his unwillingness ...

Holden wants to talk to Phoebe, and he is running low on money, so he decides to risk going home. He expects his parents to be asleep, which will allow him to ...

Mr. Antolini is shocked that Holden has been kicked out of another school and invites Holden to stay the night at his house. Holden mentions to us that Mr.

The Catcher in the Rye is the story of Holden attempting to connect with other people and failing to do so, which causes him to dread maturity and cling to ...

A young woman, identifying herself as “Sunny,” arrives at his door. She pulls off her dress, but Holden starts to feel “peculiar” and tries to make conversation ...

Salinger takes this motif from the Robert Burns song “Comin' Thro' the Rye,” which is written in the Scottish dialect. The use of Burns as a reference signals ...

From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide has everything you need to ...

The story is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a disenchanted teenager who has been expelled from numerous preparatory schools. As Holden recounts his experiences ...