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Page 2 Read about
how Holden interacts wit
women and his
relationship with them
Flag for No gays in America
Page 4 An Exclusive
interview with Holden
Caulfields parents after
he was admitted to a
mental hospital
Page 6 Read the great
advice column ask Cindy
and see if you can fint
answers to your
problems
THE WEATHER TODAY
IN NEW YORK
HOLDEN CAULFIELD
IS HOMOPHOBIC
Holden Caulfield, the man that was institutionalized for hurting people he
called phony, is against homosexuals according to his old English teacher.
H
olden is just a homophobe, says his old history teacher, Mr. Antolini in an exclusive
interview with The Catcher. Holden who is a sixteen year old boy, last week accused
Mr. Antolini of having tried to sexually abuse him a few weeks ago, before he was
institutionalized to a mental hospital for attacking random people that were “phony”. Now Mr.
Antolini has responded to the accusations and says he was not trying to sexually abuse him and
says that Holden is just a homophobe.
Mr. Antolini says he offered the boy to sleep one night on his sofa because Holden got expelled from school and during the night, Mr. Antolini came to check on Holden to see if he
needed anything. When Mr. Antolini saw that Holden was asleep, he put his hand on Holden's
head because he cared for him. But just as Mr. Antolini was patting Holden's head, Holden
woke up and stormed out of the house, because he thought Mr. Antolini was coming on to him.
Mr. Antolini who is married but has no children, says he is not gay at all and loves his wife
very much. Holden however thinks that Mr. Antolini is gay but Holden does not want to prosecute Mr. Antolini. Holden says he is not a homophobe but he thought that it was very
uncomfortable when Mr. Antolini was touching him.
Gay people around New York came together yesterday to celebrate gay rights and this case
was brought up. The head speaker of the GAG (Gays are good) organization said that Holden
Caulfield is not well and that the gay community should not be offended. On the other hand
have churches and many Christians accused Mr. Antolini for trying to sexually abuse a underage boy and want Holden to prosecute Mr. Antolini. The police says that they are investigating
the matter and they will inform the public as soon as they know more.
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Questions of the
day
What do you
think about the
book?
What were your
concers about
Holden?
Do you think
J. D. Salinger is
a mad man?
HOLDEN´S
RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN
Holden is a very smart and intelligent person, but he does not get along with women. He
is very obsessed with them and often tries to call them or give them a “buzz” as he calls
it. The strongest relationship is with Phoebe his younger sister. She is very mature and
talented girl. Holden and Phoebe are both very emotional and very close. They got even
closer together when their brother Allie died. This relationship to Phoebe brings happiness in Holden’s live and it is the only thing that makes him happy. Sometimes Phoebe
gets angry with Holden if he forbids her to do something. The age gap between Holden
and Phoebe is positive because he finds it easier to connect to people that are younger or
older then him. That’s why he can not make friends of his own age, they always end up
negative.
When Holden meets the two nuns they got well together because of the age gap and one
of them was a English teacher and English was Holden’s best subject. The conversation
ends when Holden gives them ten dollar for charity.
Jane Gallagher was a close friend of Holden, she lived right next to him. Holden likes her
and remembers her very well. They used to play checkers, golf and tennis. Their relationships never got serious, they only held hands frequently. In the story Holden is trying
to call her, but it often ends up not calling her, because he is not in the „mood“. He
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phoned once but no one answered. Holden speaks very positively about her. He will never
forget her.
Holden used to date Sally Hayes who is very attractive. Holden says that she was stupid
but she knew about theater, plays and literature, and for some reason Holden thinks that
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she is intelligent. Holden makes a date with her, they went ice-skating in Rockefeller
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Center, but after that Holden ruins everything and calls her „royal pain in the ass“ after
Sally ignores his idea to run away and live together in a cabin. Sally said that this was a
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ridiculous idea and said no. This shows that Holden is not capable of having normal conversation whit females of his own age.
Although Holden had a little problem with women in the story, he was a eloquent
speaker, he just found the right words in the right conversation. That is talent!!
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Gossip
♥ D.B
the famous TV
writer has now made a
movie. It is from his old
book that was never
published,
The Goldfish. The
movie will have the same
name and it will be starring
Will Farrell
♥ Pheobe Caulfield
At Pency prep the main sports where American football and
Fencing. I dont think that Holden was very interested in sports
over all but he was the manager of the fencing team and went to
competitions with them. He did not like football that much and
you see that in the book because he doesn’t go tho the football
the 10 year old is new on
the celeb list, she is
starring in the movie The
moments, After being
in a school play where a
scout saw and casted her
for a roll. Her co-stars in
the movie are Brad Pitt
and Britney
Spears
game. and we can tell that he does not like his position as a
manager becouse he left the fencing equipment at the train station
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE PARENTS OF
HOLDEN CAULFIELD, THE BOY WHO IS NOW IN
A MENTAL HOSPITAL
I sat down with Holden Caulfield’s parents to have a little talk about their son. As many of you know he had a
hard time finding himself and in the end snapped and attacked people he thought were phony. Of course Mr.
and Mrs. Caulfield are devastated but they came here to tell their side of the story.
Interweaver: Welcome, and thank you so much for coming and speaking about Holden
Mr. Caulfield: Thank you for having us
Interweaver: Tell me, what kind of child was Holden, was he a happy one, or did he like to be by himself?
Mrs. Caulfield: He was a very good child and was nice to everyone. He did not have many friends but he and
his brothers and sister where good friends and did everything together, they went to the movies and ice skating,
everything they did they did together.
Interweaver: that is good to hear but tell me do you think that sending Holden away to school to be a good
idea?
Mr. Caulfield: Well of course education is the most important thing and we wanted him to go to the best school
possible. We did not know that he hated it where he was and I guess that is the reason why he was always
flunking out. He is a very bright kid and we did not understand why he could not stay in school.
Interweaver: Why did you think Holden attacked all those people and is now in the mental hospital?
Mrs. Caulfield: If I can be honest I think that he just got fed up with life, he just thought that everything was
fake and corny now I know that does not seem like a good enough reason to attack so many people but it was a
big deal for Holden. And of course when his brother died he was devastated, that had a huge effect on him and
his older brother had moved to Hollywood and Holden missed him and his whole family.
Interweaver: Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield for shearing your story with us. And we all hope that you will
get through these harsh times. Thank you
Mr. Caulfield: You are welcome and thank you again for having us
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Holden is spoiled
Holden is not my favorite character in the book and he is not the kind of person that I would hang
out with. He is very spoiled, but that is not what bothers me, what bothers me is that he is not
thankful for what he gets. He gets everything handed to him and he always interprets the good
things that are done for him as something bad. For example, in the book when Stradlater goes on a
date with Jane, Holden tries to find out how the date ended gets very jealous and tries to punch
Stradlater right on that moment Holden is not thinking about what is best for Jane he is just thinking about himself. He did not care if Jane liked Stradlater or not he just didn‘t like the idea of them
to being in a car together and so he attacks Stradlater that only shows how spoiled Holden is and
he thinks that he can get what ever he wants. And when he flunks out of school all the time he he
does not take into count how his parents must feel about it. He just feels the schools are corny and
stupid and so he quits and that makes him a quitter, when something happens that he does not like
he just gives up. He is always complaining but he does not do anything about it. At one point he
talks about that once a week they get stake for dinner, in stead of being happy about getting stake
for dinner he turns it into something negative. Holden might be very smart and all but I just don’t
like his personality and that is my opinion on him.
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Dear Cindy
I am a mother of two, I used to have three children but one of them died
from leukemia. My son has been going through some tough times since the
death of his brother and he is sort of out of control. Since the death of his
brother he has been dropping out of one school after the other and there is
nothing that I can do about it. He is a intelligent boy but it seems like after
his brother past away he just lost the joy to study and do well.
Dear Cindy, I need your help, what can I do to get my son back on track?
Yours truly, Mrs. Caulfield
Dear Mrs. Caulfield,
I am sorry to hear about your son passing away and then again your other son being out of control.
You need to talk to your son before it is to late, he is only going to work less without a little talk, if a talk
wont work I would suggest some therapy for him to see better how the loss of his brother has affected him.
Loss of a loved one is hard to deal with, especially for teenagers and it would be very good for your son to
go to a psychiatrist for a little chat.