THE
CATCHER
IN THE RYE
Presentation by David Young
J.D. SALINGER
American author
 1919-2010
 Raised in Manhattan
 Military involvement
 The Catcher in the Rye [1951]- best known novel
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CHARACTER LIST
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Ackley
Stradlater
Jane Gallagher
Phoebe Caulfield
Allie Caulfield
D.B. Caulfield
Sally Hayes
Mr. Spencer
Carl Luce
Mr. Antolini
Maurice
Sunny
Holden Caulfield
Who is
Holden
Caulfield?
ALL ABOUT HOLDEN…
17 years of age ( and at a mental health
institution) when retelling his story of the
previous year
In story:
 16 year old junior at Pency Prep Expelled
 Critical towards others  “Phonies”
 Over 6 foot tall with dark brown/black hair with
a gray streak in it
 Hates movies
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SITUATION WITH HOME LIFE
Brother: D.B.  “Hollywood”
 Brother: Allie  deceased
 Sister: Phoebe
 Parents’ house is in NY
 The names of his mother and father are not
mentioned but there is mention that his father is
a corporation lawyer Wealthy
 Sent to an exclusive prep school in PA flunks
 Needs discipline
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SITUATION WITH SCHOOL
Failing out of Pency Prep; just passing English
 Roommate: Stradlater“Secret Slob”/popular
 Nearby dorm resident: Ackley annoying
 Sports
 Administration
 Romance
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SITUATION WITH GIRLS
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Jane Gallagher: respected by Holden, parents’ had
summer houses next to each other one summer in
Maine, dates Stradlater bothers Holden
Sally Hayes: Holden’s long-time friend of back
home in New York; calls her upon arriving in NY
after being expelled; finds her attractive
FOCUS ON PLOT
Pency Prep (Agerstown,PA) is Holden’s 4th
school failed out of 3 other schools  receives
notice that he is being expelled from Pency
 Saturday end of Fall semester before
Christmas break expected home on Wednesday
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-Mr. Spencer
 -Stradlater “bloody nose” enough!
Exits campus and then Train ride to New York
- Meets the mother of a classmate
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PLOT/INTERACTIONS (CONT.)
-Cab rides/ Hotel stays observes hotel guests
 Faith Cavendish
 Lavender Room women in their 30s
 Maurice/ Sunny
 Sally Hayes
 Two nuns
 Carl Luce- former student advisor at Whooton
 Mr. Antolini
 Phoebe- carousel
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*The PLOT entails a sequence of visits with
others as Holden delays returning home.
THEMES/ MOTIFS
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THEMES:
Alienation as a Form of Self- Protection
 The Painfulness of Growing Up
 The Phoniness of the Adult World
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MOTIFS:
- Loneliness
- Relationships, Intimacy, Sexuality
- - Lying & Deception
SYMBOLS
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The “Catcher in the Rye”
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Holden’s Red Hunting Hat
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The Museum of Natural History
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The Duck’s in the Central Park Lagoon
DISCUSSION
CAN YOU RELATE TO HOLDEN CAULFIELD?
WHY/ WHY NOT?
IF “YES”, IN WHAT WAYS?
CONTROVERSY
Mark David Chapman
 Murdered John Lennon (12/8/1980)
outside of Lennon’s NY apartment
 Wished to model his life after The
Catcher in the Rye’s protagonist
Holden Caulfield
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CREDITS
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Music from The Running Ground
www.myspace.com/therunningground
CREDITS
Content:
 SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Catcher
in the Rye.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC.
2007. Web. 20 Oct. 2010.
 McGunagle, Fred. “Mark David Chapman: The
Man who Killed John Lennon”. TruTV. 2010.
Turner. 7 Oct. 2010.
<http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_sp
ies/assassins/chapman/1.html>.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2TaVnF3JBE
&feature=related [ProssProductions]
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