The setting of this story takes place in Agers town, Pennsylvania. The home of Pency boring school. Pency is one of those college prep schools that advertises only the best aspects and never mentions how much the students will hate going there. On the brochure there is an unrealistic, imaginary student that does not exist playing polo. In real life Pency, there are a couple hundred spoiled little rich students whose parents do not want the burden of raising them. The point of view in this story is expressed in first person.
Throughout the story Holden tells of other characters and of course his opinion of them. Always criticizing them and their decisions and labeling most of them phonies. In the beginning of the story Holden is watching the Friday night football game from atop a hill. He had just gotten back from a fencing match that had to be cut short in New York because the captain of the fencing team, which happened to be Holden left all of the equipment on the subway.
Needless to say it was a long trip home for Holden. After all of this has happened Holden gets back only to learn that he has been released from Pency and placed on academic probation. Holden was not stupid by any means but if he did not desire to learn what was being taught he refused to try. The professors on the other hand did not agree with Holden’s reasoning. Therefore, he was failing all but one of his classes. Holden had a friend that was a teacher at Pency.
He was perhaps the only person that halfway understood him. The only problem was that Mr. Spencer was old and senile and did not have much pull with in the school board, which meant he did not serve as much help in Holden’s current situation. Mr. Spencer was always trying to prepare Holden for life, and was always telling him that “life is a game and you have to make the right moves.” Holden rarely listened but felt obligated to say good-bye to him because he had tried to understand him, which is more than most people had ever done for him. Holden went to visit Mr.
The Homework on High School Life 5
High school is a place where young teens learn to become mature and responsible. It is a place where students get trained to take on bigger challenges in life. Obstacles such as college. From my own personal experiences, high school didn’t seem that way. Students were more concerned about getting a passing grade then about what they were taught. They would even cheat their way out of high ...
Spencer before he left. As usual he did not get much out of his usual “life is a game” lecture but he would have felt guilty if he had not gone by to say fair well. Holden was a prime example of a spoiled little rich kid who had everything but acted as though he had nothing. In reality having everything actually caused Holden to have nothing.
He had no real friends to rely on, only other spoiled rich kids who were never deprived of anything. This time was different though. This was not the first time that Holden was removed from a school. Holden always knew there was always another boarding school that would be happy to accept him and his money.
This time he was not going to just sit back and wait for the next school to pick him up, he was going to enjoy himself while he could. He was scheduled to leave on Wednesday. It was only Friday. The possibilities were endless on what could happen in those five days.
While sitting in his dorm thinking about his next move in life his neighbor Akley came barging in through the curtain that separated the two rooms. Akley was quite a character. He was the type of guy that only came over when you least wanted him too. He was not the most attractive guy you had ever seen either.
When there was no one else around he was not such a bad guy but like Holden he did not like too many people there fore, he always had something to say about someone. Holden was sixteen and Akley was eighteen. He was also the type of guy who did not let you forget it if he was older than you were. While Akley was there Holden’s roommate Stradlater came bargain in the front door. He immediately asked a favor of Holden.
He wanted to barrow his hounds tooth jacket for a big date. Holden made him sweat for a while and then agreed. By this time Akley had left the room because not surprisingly he was not too fond of Stradlater. Mainly because every time Stradlater would see him he! would say, ” how’s a boy ole’ Akleykid?” Akley hated being called Akleykid. Stradlater had gone to the bathroom to get cleaned up and Holden followed to learn more about this big date he was off on. When Holden learned that it was Jane Gallagher that he was taken out he was outraged.
The Essay on Blows Meant Holden Stradlater Care
Throughout life, an individual may endure several emotionally or physically straining moments. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield suffers much verbal abuse, as well as physical. Both forms of the abuse, combined with other factors, eventually leads Holden to suffer a mental breakdown. Holden's actions prove that "A blow from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue smashes bones." ...
He did not want Stradlater to know he was outraged so he continued the conversation. He mentioned that he once knew her. Stradlater, uninterested just nodded and said, “oh really?” at this point Holden was about to explode with anger and jealousy. He could not stand the thought of a “jerk like Stradlater” taking a respectful girl like Jane out.
When Stradlater mentioned that the basketball coach offered to lend him his car for the night Holden lost it and threw a punch at Stradlater. He was quickly wrestled to the ground but he was satisfied knowing that he laid one on him. This is the turning point in the story. At this point Holden decides that he is going to leave a little ahead of schedule. That night he would leave Pency for good. Holden got his stuff together and headed out on foot.
He was off to New York City. He thought he might as well enjoy his ride home; so why not do some sight seeing on the way? Upon arriving at New York Holden decided to make a call to a girl that he had never actually met before but was told that she would be “good company.” He had met a guy at a party that gave him her number and she just so happened to live in New York. He made the call but unfortunately she was preoccupied. He had made a good impression on her though.
She wanted to meet up the next day, but Holden had to keep moving toward home and did not have time to wait on her. He regretted his time lacking schedule but knew he had to keep moving or he would never leave! Holden met some interesting people on his journey home. None of which he would like to run into again. He even met a mother of a student whom he knew attended school at Pency. He talked to her on the subway for a bit and fed her tons of lies about her son.
Holden enjoyed lying to people it made him feel in control. In the end Holden finally makes it home to his family without them knowing a thing about his detoured trip home. After thinking about it he actually missed a small part of Pency. He even missed Stradlater.
The Essay on Five Dollars Holden Talk Home
Summary 'The Catcher in the Rye' is a story of a young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this story in first person. Holden is a student of Penny Prep an all boys school in Pennsylvania. The book starts in a rest home in California. Holden flashback to four days before the beginning of Christmas vacation. Holden is going to pay a visit to Mr. Spencer, his history ...
This leads to the most interesting part of the book, when Holden says, “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do you start missing everybody.”.
