Holden Caulfield failed every class except English, so he was expelled from Pency.
he has gone to many schools, but have failed out of most of them. he is currently enrolled at Pency Prep, but he is in the process of failing out.
Robert Ackley is the annoying boy in the room next to Holden at Pency Prep.
Holden had been in - and failed out of - several prep schools, that he called "The Whooton School", and "Elkton Hills", and at the start of the book, he is in the process of failing out of "Pency Prep". The school names are fictitious, though "Pency Prep" is a thinly disguised version of Valley Forge Military.
Holden Caulfield feels disconnected and critical of Pencey Prep. He finds the environment phony, feels alienated from his peers, and does not see the point of the strict rules and social hierarchy. Overall, he holds a negative view of the school.
The opening chapters of the book take place at "Pency Prep", a fictionalization of Valley Forge Military, right outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of one chapter is devoted to a train trip from Pency to New York City. The rest of the book is set in New York City, except for the last chapter, which is set in a sanitarium out west somewhere (in a way, the whole book was).
Holden names the following schools as ones he flunked out of: Elkton Hills, The Whooton School and Pency Prep. The first two are probably a combination of McBurney School, where Salinger was originally a student, and did indeed flunk out of. "Pency Prep" is a pseudonym for Valley Forge Military, which Salinger attended next, and graduated from (indeed, he was an excellent student at Valley Forge).
headmaster at Pencey Prep
In the Catcher in the Rye, the thing that Holden hated the most were phonies. He also didnt like adults, pency prep and stradlater but the reason behind his hate all were linked to phonieness. like adults, he doesnt like them because they are phony and dillusional. he did not like mr.antolini after the visit Holden made to his house.
The opening chapters of the book take place at "Pency Prep", a fictionalization of Valley Forge Military, right outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of one chapter is devoted to a train trip from Pency to New York City. The rest of the book is set in New York City, except for the last chapter, which is set in a sanitarium out west somewhere (in a way, the whole book was).
There is no specific founder of Pencey Prep mentioned in the novel "The Catcher in the Rye." The school is a fictional setting created by J.D. Salinger for the story. It serves as the backdrop for the main character, Holden Caulfield's experiences.
Holden's sudden departure from Pencey Prep is influenced by his feelings of alienation and discontent with his surroundings. He is disillusioned with the superficiality and hypocrisy of the people around him, and he feels emotionally disconnected from his classmates and teachers. This sense of isolation leads him to seek escape and a fresh start elsewhere.
The name of the school Holden Caulfield flunks out of in "The Catcher in the Rye" is Pencey Prep.