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Catcher in the Rye - Small Response
Summary: This is a first response (1/3 of the book) for the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. It contains the major conflict, sypnonsis, major characters and other elements.
- The Catcher in the Rye depicts the three days of Holden's life after being kicked out of Pencey Prepatory School, just before the Christmas holidays. Holden had already been kicked out of three other schools. Not yet ready to face his parents, Holden pays a visit to his history teacher, old Mr. Spencer, who had been forced to flunk Holden; he then heads back to his dorm. At this point, because of a few unpleasant experiences with fellow dorm students, particulary his roommate, Ward Stradler, for showing Jane Gallagher, and old friends of Holden's a good time, sets off to spend a few days alone in New York City. Holden loiters around New York, drinking heavily and meeting various people, and becoming more and more depressed as he spends time there. Holden observes over and over again that people around him are all "phonys" because of their actions...
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