chapter 10
"Marty" is one of three thirty-ish office girls form Seattle who are spending a few days in New York, mostly bar-hopping and celebrity hunting. Holden dances with her. He describes her as excruciatingly dense, but "she was really a good dancer".
man, you just need to read the book.
There are multiple girls in the book. Holden's younger sisters name is Phoebe. The prostitute he gets name is Sunny. The girl the he likes, who Stradlater "gave the time to" is named Jane Gallagher. The girl that he used to date is named Sally Hayes. Those are the most important women characters in the book.
To begin with, Holden thinks the school is full of phonies. The principal is a phony because he only treats the wealthy-looking parents with respect. [That sentence is incorrect. In page 13-14, when Holden talks about his principal who only treats the wealthy parents with respect, he is referring to Mr. Haas of Elkton Hills, not Dr. Thurmer of Pencey Prep.] Lots of the students are phonies. Holden's also annoyed that the school has no girls, and he "like[d] to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around." [That quote is when Holden is on the hill looking at the football stadium in the beginning of the story. Pencey Prep is an all boys school.] He also complains that the school advertises its ability to take young boys and mold them into "splendid, clear-thinking young men", but Holden believes the school can't take credit for molding any of the boys, because the ones who graduate as good people were good people before they even enrolled. He is entirely disinterested in all his classes; he never applies himself; he hates his roommate (and his neighbor) [Holden doesn't necessarily hate Stradlater, his roommate, or Ackley, his neighbor. However, he both thinks they're phonies.]; and he's only passing one class -- English.
He decides to go to new york city and go to a strip club and gets 10 girls pregnant and kills himself
Chapter 10
chapter 13
Holden's roommate in "Catcher in the Rye" is named Stradlater. He is a handsome and popular student at Pencey Prep, known for his amiable personality and his success with girls. Stradlater often frustrates Holden with his casual attitude and lack of depth.
girls
Holden Caulfield refers to the three girls he meets in "The Catcher in the Rye" as ignorant because he perceives them as superficial and lacking depth. He feels they are overly concerned with trivial matters, such as their appearance and social status, rather than engaging in meaningful conversation or understanding the complexities of life. This judgment reflects Holden's broader disdain for what he sees as the phoniness of the adult world. He longs for authentic connections, which he feels are absent in his interactions with them.
He hates going to school, hates his parents. All he likes is girls and going out. He loves to say that everything is phoney. Everything he says is phoney to him. He gets kicked out of every school he goes to.
"Marty" is one of three thirty-ish office girls form Seattle who are spending a few days in New York, mostly bar-hopping and celebrity hunting. Holden dances with her. He describes her as excruciatingly dense, but "she was really a good dancer".
nothing.
Phoebe Caulfield is Holden's little sister. She is around the age of ten and on the brink of corruption, about to become a phony. Holden is constantly trying to immortalize her purity and innocence, but is always reminded of the fact that she is slowly growing up; ex: Holden buys a record entitled "Little Shirley Beans" for Phoebe, but the record breaks. Another way in which Phoebe is slowly becoming a phony and betraying Holden is by her role as Benedict Arnold in her school's play.Jane Gallagher is Holden's childhood friend that he may or may not have had romantic feelings for. Holden notes that she had dealt with hardships within her family, causing her to be very guarded; Ex: In checkers, Jane always kept her kings on the back row instead of moving them. Holden gets in a fight with his roommate at Pencey Prep, Stradlater, because he refuses to give Holden information about his date with Jane."Sunny" The Prostitute is the very young girl that Holden is provided with by Maurice, Sunny's pimp. Instead of doing "proper" business with Sunny, Holden insists that the two just talk. Sunny's green dress is very symbolic in the sense that the dress is hiding her true identity from the world; The dress gives her a youthful and innocent appearance while her true motives on the inside are quite the opposite.Sally Hayes is a girl that Holden is know to have been dating for a long time, even though he views her as the epitome of a phony. Holden takes her out to see a show at Radio City and the two go ice skating, where he proposes that they run away together.
"Marty" is one of three thirty-ish office girls form Seattle who are spending a few days in New York, mostly bar-hopping and celebrity hunting. Holden dances with her. He describes her as excruciatingly dense, but "she was really a good dancer".
Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s "The Catcher in the Rye," expresses a cynical view on a girl's ability to control herself in the heat of passion. He often perceives girls as being overly emotional and susceptible to their feelings, which reflects his discomfort with intimacy and vulnerability. This perspective highlights his struggle with sexual relationships and his fear of genuine connection, as he idealizes innocence while simultaneously grappling with the complexities of adult relationships.
man, you just need to read the book.