Character List:

Holden: the main character who struggles to find his way in the world. He has a had time staying in school and he has a lot of bad habits like lying to other people.
Ackley: He is the neighbor to Holden at Pency. He is a pimpy guy who always barges into the room. he has bad dental hygiene.
Stradlater: Holden's roommate at Pency. Holden thinks that he is a secret slob.
Jane: A girl that Holden spent one summer with. He finds her attractive and he respects her.
Phoebe: Holden's sister who still lives at home. She sees to look up to him in many ways, but seems to be in a lot better of a mental mind then Holden.
Allie: Holden's younger brother who pasted away because of Leukemia.
D.B.: Holden's older brother who is in hollywood doing movies.
Sally: a girl that Holden wants to run away with but she is far too smart and knows better.
Mr. Spencer: Holden's history teacher at Pency.
Carl: Holden use to go to school with him and talks to him about sex.
Mr. Antolini: One of Holdens teachers that let him stay at his house one night.
Maurice: The elevator guy that sends Holden a prostitute.
Sunny: The prostitute.

Chapters 21-26 Response:

I think that this chapter sort of leaves to you hanging. With the way the book is written im not sure is a different ending would have been better though. I think it would be neat to see where Holden ends up in life. I think at the end of the chapters Holden feels that he was close to all those people he was just to afraid to say that he was for fear of losing them like he lost Allie.

Chapter 26 Summary:

Holden begins to say that he went home and was sent to this rest home where he is now and he will finish up school in the fall he says how he wished he wouldnt have talked to everyone because now he missed everyone he thought he never would miss.

Chapter 25 Summary:

Holden is walking up and down the road yelling out to Allie. He finally decides that he is going to head west so he head to Phoebe's school to tell her to meet him at the museum on her way home for lunch. He has a letter given to her that says that he is leaving but want to give back her money and say good bye. When he is at the school he sees the words F you all over the place and he get depressed that his sister sees that everyday. When he gets to museum he sees the words again. When Phoebe gets there, she has her suit case and tells him that she is going to come along with him.
He tells her that he isnt going anywhere any more and she begins to give him the silent treatment as they take off to the park.

Chapter 24 Summary:

When Holden arrived at their house he noticed that they had just had a party. They begin talking about why he didnt like Pency and everything about it. Holden tells him that he didnt like all the rules and stuff like that. His teacher tells him that there are a lot of people that dont like the rules and get over that fact because they know that they need to accept them to get anywhere in life. Then they finally go to bed and Holden ends up waking up in the middle of the night and finds his teacher petting his head. Holden paniced and took off right away.

Chapter 23 Summary:

Holden ends up calls up his old English teacher and tells him that he got kicked out. He feels bad for him so he invites him to stay the night at his house. When Holden was still in Phoebe's room, their parents came home so he had to hide in her closest until she left. Holden then said good bye to Phoebe.

Chapter 22 Summary:

Holden explains to Phoebe why he got kicked out of Pency. He tells her that he failed all of his classes except for English. They begin to talk about how everyone is a phony but he likes Allie. Phoebe tells him that Allie is dead and that you cant like someone in that way when they are gone. She asks him what he wants to be in life and he says he wants to be like the song. He wants to catch the kids if they fell.

Chapter 21 Summary:

Holden gets to his house and he is very exited to get in and see Phoebe. He has so much that he wants to tell her. When he gets there he wakes her up and she is so happy to see him that she talks non stop. She tells him the D.B. is making a new movie. The she realizes that he is home early and she knows that he was kicked out of Pency. She then just keeps telling him that dad is going to kill him.

Chapters 16-20 Response:

I think Holden feels extremely lonely. He is trying to make plans with anyone and everyone. He may not have liked the person to much but he would call them to hang out for awhile. He even decides that he is going to sneak into his house to talk to Phoebe in the middle of the night. I think that Holden feels like a nobody. He seems to be looking for a friend but every time something goes wrong and he is left sitting there alone.

Chapter 20 Summary:

Holden doesnt leave the bar though, he stays and gets really drunk. He ends up calling Sally to make a date but her and her grandmother get very upset because of the time it was that he was calling. on his way to the park he breaks the record that he bought for Phoebe. He begins talking about Allie and his funeral and stuff. He then decides to go home and talk to Phoebe.

Chapter 19 Summary:

Holden meets Luce at the bar. Holden doesn't really like him but he says that he is amusing. He remembered like him always talking about sex and stuff. He begin talking about his dad because he is a psychologist and if he had ever done stuff to him. He got upset with Holden and takes off out of the bar.

Chapter 18 Summary:

Holden finally gets the courage to call Jane to make a date with her, but she didnt answer the phone. Holden then decided to call one of her old friends, Curl, to have a few drinks. After that he kills time by going to watch a movie, but like always, he didnt like and was bored with it. Then he went to a bar because he was suppose to meet someone there at 10.

Chapter 17 Summary:

Holden goes to meet Sally, she is late but she looked great so he didn't care. They decided to go watch a play so they got a cab to take them there and in the cab they made out. He doesnt like the way she flirted with other guys but he does still take her ice skating. when they take a break, Holden gets all crazy and Sally gets up set and tells him to leave her alone. Finally Holden leaves by himself.

Chapter 16 Summary:

Holden thinks about his Phoebe and decides to buy her this record that he has always wanted to buy her. He wants to see her really bad so he goes to the park because he remember that she like to roller blade there on Sundays. When he gets there he sees a girl that knows her and asks her if she knew where she was. She told him that she was on school trip to the museum. He begins to remember going there so he heads there but doesn't go in because he is depressed.

Chapters 11-15 Response:

I think that Holden feels lonely throughout these chapters. He is calling to make dates with people right away in the morning for later on that night. When he is getting something to eat he talks to two nuns and gives them ten dollars to put towards something good. I believe that in this chapter Holden felt love and the scene that he belonged. He also talks about his parents a little. He doesn't think that his mothers health will be well when she hears the news about him and not attending Pency anymore.

Chapter 15 Summary:

Holden checks out of the hotel and calls Sally because he wants to take her out on a date later on that night. He talks about how his father hates when he loses things when he is putting his stuff in a locker at a station. He also says the his mother hasn't been doing the best since Allie died. Holden goes and gets something to eat and while he is, he meets two nuns. He talks to them and even gives them ten dollars to put towards something good.

Chapter 14 Summary:

While Holden is in his room alone he thinks about Allie and the time he left him out of a BB gun fight. He was in bed when he heard a knock at the door. He gets up to open the door and finds the elevator assistant guy and the prostitute there to get the other five dollars. Holden didn't want to give in to him but they stole it out of his wallet. Holden is then hit and on the floor when they leave. Holden does eventually make it to bed.

Chapter 13 Summary:

Holden walks about to his hotel and when he is in the elevator, the assistant guy asks him if he would like him to send up a prostitute for five dollars. Holden says yes but once he gets to his room he seems to rethink the whole thing. When the young girl arrives, he tells her that he can't do anything because he just had an operation. He was annoyed with the way she took her dress off and soon paid her her five dollars. She told him that it was ten dollars, but Holden would not pay her more and she leaves all mad.

Chapter 12 Summary:

Holden takes a cab to a night club that his bother goes to a lot. The only reason that he goes there is to listen to Ernie play the piano, but he wasn't impressed. When he is there he runs into a girl that his brother use to date, Lillian. Holden gets annoyed by her and all the other phonies around him that he is forces to leave the club.

Chapter 11 Summary:

Holden talks about how he and Jane met. He says that they never did anything sexual besides the kissing that day when her drunk stepfather came out on the porch and asked her about cigarettes. Other than that the two of them held hands all the time. Holden also states in this chapter that Jane is the only person who he has shown Allie's glove to.