... in your life, and then progresses into a description of Pencey, beginning ith the phoniness of an alumni, Ossenburger. The main action of the chunk begins hen Robert Ackley, a very peculiar guy and suitemate, enters the room. Ackley is one of the fe students not outside atching the football game, and hence is described more or less as a loser. Furthermore, he is incredibly messy and unkempt ith mossy teeth, and every action is interpreted as a pretense. For example, Ackleys lazy hi as he enters appears to Holden as if he is trying to make it seem as if the reason he is visiting is boredom rather than need for company. To annoy Ackley, Holden horses around, first by pretending to be blind, then by spitting out nonsense compliments youre a goddam prince. Ackley finally leaves upon the entry of Holdens roommate, ard Stradlater, ho rushes into the room from the football game, borros Holdens jacket for a date, and rushes out to shave. Stradlater is described as very handsome, and comes off as incredibly friendly. Hoever, Holden is quick to note that he is a secret slob, shaving ith a rusty blade, and that the friendliness is a phony kind of friendliness. Holden follos Stradlater to the bathroom and learns that Stradlater is leaving for a date ith an old acquaintance of Holdens, Jane Gallagher.ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssChunk 3chapters 5 - 7Summary Explanation on next page Ackley, Holden, and a friend, Mal Brossard, take a bus to Agerston for a Saturday nights entertainment. hen they get back, Holden begins to rite an essay on his younger brothers baseball glove for Stradlaters English Comp class. In doing so, he reminisces about his brother Allie terrifically intelligent, nice, and dead from leukemia. The memories of Allie bring out a sentimental side of Holden, and so hen Stradlater returns from his date ith Jane, Holden has little tolerance for Stradlaters evasive responses to his questions as hether he gave Jane the time. A fight soon ensues, herein Holden calls Stradlater a moron and begins baling about ho morons, and presumably everybody, never ant to discuss anything iintelligents. In the end, Holden is left on the ground screaming ith blood all over his face. He rejects Stradlaters offers of assistance, choosing instead to retreat to Ackleys room. In Ackleys room Holden attempts to begin a half-hearted conversation, but merely annoys Ackley, ho ishes to sleep. In the end, Holden leaves the room and makes a spontaneous decision to leave Pencey that night. ithin moments, he is packed and out the door, but not ithout shouting his fareell Sleep tight, ya morons!sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssChunk 4chapters 8 - 11Summary Explanation on next page Having left Pencey, Holden alks to the train station to return to Ne York City, here his family leaves. On the train, he meets the mother of one of his classmates, and begins shooting the old crap around a little bit, lying about his name and telling false stories about her son. After his arrival in Ne York, he spends some time trying to find someone to call, but cant think of anyone, so finally takes a cab to the Edmont hotel. At the hotel, he looks out of his indo and atches first a distinguished-looking man put on omens clothes, and then a man and oman squirting ater at each other out of their mouths. In a fit of loneliness, Holden then decides to call Faith Cavendish, a prostitute, to go out ith, but Faith declines his invitation. He then contemplates calling his youngest sibling, Old Phoebe. In reminiscing about her, he notes that you never sa a little kid so pretty and smart in your hole life, though she can be too affectionate sometimes. Finally, he decides not to ake her up and instead goes don to the hotel bar, here he makes eyes at three unattractive girls at the table next to his. After dancing ith all three, he attempts to converse ith them but finds them all rather unresponsive. After they leave, Holden sits outside in the hotels lobby, thinking again about Jane Gallagher. Unlike Stradlater, Holden notes that she understood the significance of Allies glove. And unlike ith most people, Holden notes that he rarely kidded ith her-You never anted to kid Jane too much. At the climax of the chapter, he describes a moment in their relationship hen she cries, presumably about her booze hound father, and Holden offers compassion. These thoughts, hoever, make Holden even more depressed and he leaves the hotel for a city nightclub called Ernies. ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssChunk 5chapters 12 - 14Summary Explanation on next page Holden takes a cab to Eddies, and again brings up the topic of the ducks in inter to the cab driver. The drivers responses provide comic relief. At the nightclub, Holden finds himself highly critical of everyone around him, from Ernie ith his gaudy piano playing and ostensible bo to the other guests. His thoughts, hoever, are interrupted by an old fling of his brothers, Lillian Simmons, ho offers Holden a place at her table. Holden, hoever, refuses, and leaves the bar so he ont have to put up ith her phoniness. Back at the hotel, Holden meets an elevator orker, Maurice, ho offers to send a prostitute, Sunny, to his room. Holden agrees. hen she comes up, he realizes that shes about his on age, and thinking about that depresses him even more. In the end, he tells her he just ants to talk to her, and that hell pay her. hen she leaves, she asks for more money than as originally agreed upon, and Holden refuses to pay. Hours later, Maurice and Sunny reenter Holdens room and take some money from him by force. Holden attempts to stand up to them, but ends up baling on the floor, as ith Stradlater earlier. He does, hoever, manage to thro a fe telling insults at Maurice before getting socked in the midsection and stomach. ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssChunk 6chapters 15 - 17Summary Explanation on next page The next morning, Holden calls Sally Hayes out for a date, and she agrees to meet him later that afternoon. In the meantime, he goes out to breakfast and runs into to nuns ho are devoid of all pretentiousness. In the end, he donates some money to their charity and holds a conversation ith one of them. After breakfast, Holden takes a long alk. In the streets he sees a little boy singing the old childrens song If a body catch a body coming through the rye to himself ith total disregard for the outside orld. After a hile, he ends up at the park and spies a lot of little kids skating. Both sights lift his spirits. Thinking about his on childhood, Holden offers a description of the natural history museum as a place here things dont change. Hoever, upon arrival at the museum, he finds himself unable to alk in. Finally, it is time to meet Sally for the sho. Again, e find Holden highly critical of everything from t...
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