THE CATCHER AND THE RYE

THE CATCHER AND THE RYE
Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator in the book “The Catcher and the Rye” written by J.D Salinger. The story takes place at Pency Prep and on his way home from school during the Christmas Holiday. Holden hates Pency and all the other Prep schools he had been to, he says that there are filled with “phonies”. Since he didn’t like the schools he went to, he never did any work and would get kicked out. He wasn’t going to be allowed back at Pency after the break so he decided to leave for break a few days early. He didn’t tell his parents that he got kicked out or that he was coming home early, so he had a few days to kill before he could go home.
Holden came from a wealthy family. His parents didn’t really take much interest in what he did, as an example, he asked his mother to bye him a pair of racing skates but she bought him hockey skates instead. He had two brothers Allie and D.B and a younger sister, Phoebe. Allie had di...