It is a perfect example of how cruel people bully the weak people. In my interpretation of the novel, Holden is crying at this point not because he realizes that he needs to move from childhood into adulthood this realization came to him when his brother died , but because he realizes that soon his little sister Phoebe will have to move from her childhood into adulthood.
Jane was upset because her stepfather was abusing her. But instead of just comforting her, he begins to kiss her all over her face. He confuses lust with sympathy. He has had a run-in the night before with a teen sex worker and her pimp. It is fair to say that Holden is a bit shaken by the episode, and he briefly considers calling Jane, but he calls Sally Hayes instead.
He is clearly lonely and hoping to reconnect with someone who knows him. What evidence is there that Holden was comfortable when with Jane? Which he never does often. Holden tends to scorn people who he finds boring, unintelligent, or artificial phony. Why and how did Holden sneak up to his parents apartment? Holden had to sneak up to the apartment because he got kicked out of school and he didnt want his parents to find out he got kicked out yet.
Holden leaves Elkton Hills mainly because of the phonies he sees on the prep school campus. Overall, Holden is an unreliable narrator through his unstable mentality caused by childhood issues and Allies death as well as through his hypocritical actions, lies, and problematic views. Although Holden seems to be telling the truth, what he believes to be true is not necessarily true.
Holden despite the confusion of the Harcourt Brace executive is not crazy; he tells his story from a sanatorium where he has gone because of a fear that he has t. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Canasta a card game, a variation of rummy, usually for two or four players, using a double deck of cards and four jokers.
Mass the Roman Catholic Eucharistic communion rite consisting of prayers and ceremonies centered on the consecration of bread and wine. Here, Holden uses the term sarcastically to Ackley. Previous Chapter 5. Next Chapters Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title.
Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. The Catcher in the Rye J. Antolini Character Map J. Summary and Analysis Chapters Adam Bede has been added to your Reading List! Holden asks about the date and learns that Stradlater is taking out a girl Holden knows, Jane Gallagher.
He tells Stradlater that when she played checkers, she used to keep all of her kings in the back row because she liked the way they looked there. Stradlater is uninterested. Holden is displeased that Stradlater, one of the few sexually experienced boys at Pencey, is taking Jane on a date.
After Stradlater leaves, Holden is tormented by thoughts of Jane and Stradlater. These chapters establish the way Holden interacts with his peers. Even his brother D. Unfortunately, Holden is surrounded by phonies in his circa- prep school. Preening Ackley and self-absorbed Stradlater act as his immediate contrasts.
Stradlater and Ackley sound like appallingly unsympathetic characters, but this is completely the result of the tone in which Holden describes them. Holden notes that he and Ackley are the only two guys not at the football game.
Both are isolated, and both maintain a bitter, critical exterior in order to shield themselves from the world that assaults them. In Ackley especially, we can see the cruelty of the situation. Throughout the novel, it serves as a kind of protective device, which Holden uses for more than physical warmth and comfort. When he wears the hat, he always claims not to care what people think about his appearance, which might be a source of self-conscious embarrassment for Holden—he is extremely tall for his age, very thin, and, though he is only sixteen, has a great deal of gray hair.
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