Catcher in the Rye

Goes to see Mr. Spencer

Dec 18, 1949

Before he leaves Pency High School he must go and see his old english teacher Mr.Spencer. "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” Mr. Spencer

Gets kicked out of Pencey Prep

Dec 19, 1949

Holden gets kicked out of school for failing ever one of his classes excpet for English (His favorite subject)

Catches train to New York

Dec 19, 1949

Talks to mother of Ernest Morrow. Creates huge false persona of himself.

Goes to Edmont Hotel

Dec 19, 1949

At the Edmont, sees bizarre things, that he is unsure with. Later goes down to bar, flirts with three older women.

Holden watches Phoebe on carousel

Dec 19, 1949

Holden watches Phoeb on the carousel. He is felling so happy he might cry.

Hires Sunny

Dec 20, 1949

Talks to Maurice, an elevator conductor, Takes offer to hire a prostitute named Sunny.

Maurice comes back for money

Dec 20, 1949

Holden only paid Sunny 5 dollars instead of the 10 dollars that he was suppose to pay. Sunny goes and gets Maurice and then Holden refused to pay. Marurice beats up Holden then he went into Holdens wallet and took 5 dollars.

Visits Carl Luce

Dec 20, 1949

Holden pesters Carl with questions about sex and he suggests that Holden needs psychoanalysis. Annoyed by Holden’s juvenile comments and questions, Luce departs.

(Early in the Morning) Goes to Ernie's

Dec 20, 1949

At Ernie’s, Holden listens to Ernie play the piano but is unimpressed. He takes a table, drinks Scotch and soda, and listens to the conversations around him, which he finds depressing and phony. He encounters an obnoxious girl named Lillian Simmons, whom D. B. used to date.

Date with Sally

Dec 20, 1949

Has a date with Sally Hayes, who he confesses all about what he believes is phony, the hipocracies of the world, but Sally does not really want to hear it.

Goes to Mueseum of Nat. History

Dec 20, 1949

Goes to Mueseum of Natural History, and likes it because everything stays the same from his childhood.

Goes back home to Phoebe

Dec 21, 1949

Holden gets very drunk and goes back to his own house, where he wants to talk to Phoebe. She talks his head off about uninteresting things. But she realizes he is home early and that dad will "kill" him.

Holden goes to Mr. Antolini's

Dec 21, 1949

Holden goes to Mr. Antolini is shocked that Holden flunked out of another school. Mr. Antolini is an old English professor, and a respectable man because of an incident at Holden's old school. Later, Mr. Antolini is becoming a "flit" and flees the apartment.

Holden goes to Phoebe's school

Dec 21, 1949

Holden goes to Pheobe's school, and hands her a note that says to meet her in the mueseum of natural history. Rubs off "Fuck You" he sees on wall.

Day in the park with Phoebe

Dec 21, 1949

Holden goes to the Mueseum of Natural History and the zoo with Phoebe.

Getting a psychoanalysis.

Dec 22, 1949

Holden decides to get a psychoanalysis.