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CHP. 1
Holdens older brother used to love to write but now he's a wealthy man that lives down in hollywood. -
CHP. 1
Holden goes too Penecy Prep but gets kicked out for flunking most of hsi classes -
Chpt. 1
He gets asked too stop by my Old spencers house but he doesn't know why -
chpt.2
He gets to Old spencers hosue and the first thing he talks about is why he's failing and why he doesn't try at anything. -
CHPT.2
Holden has been kicked out of several schools. Some he flunked out of and some he just decided to give up and just drop out. -
Chpt.3
Holden admitts that he's a liar and would lie about anything to anyone. He lied to Mr. Spencer just so he'd be able to leave and not stay to keep hearign him talk and question why he has failed once again. -
chpt.8
holden finally leaves Penecy and goes home but remembers he's not suppose to be home till wednesday and its only Saturday -
chpt.8
He goes to the lake to see if the ducks had gone since its frozen over. -
chpt.9
He gets a hotel to stay in until its time for him to go home -
chpt.11
Holden continues to think about Jane and Stradleter on the date they went on not so long ago -
chpt.13
Holden had lied to the elevator man about his age too have a older be sent up to his room -
chpt.15
Holden calls Sally, the girl he kissed not so long ago to set up a date, right after thinking about calling Jane. But never did -
chpt. 17
holden shows up to his date with Sally early and waits. Then he sees how beautiful she looked and wanted to marry her that minute. Later on that night he tells her he loves her and he doesnt know why -
chpt. 20
Holden goes to a bar located in the hotel Swanky Seton" and gets drunk. -
chpt.21
This chapter is the first one in which Salinger actually describes genuine personal relations. In this chapter Holden sneaks into his own house in order to say hello to Phoebe. It’s obvious that Phoebe is the only person in Holden’s life now worth mentioning. Holden sneaks into her room in the middle of the night, apparently no longer drunk. When Phoebe awakes she hugs Holden, not expecting him to be home so soon. She tells him that their parents will be out late -
chpt. 24
In this chapter Holden enters the house of Mr. Antolini, who seems amazingly friendly and not at all bothered that Holden just shows up in the middle of the night. They have polite conversation for awhile. Soon Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher, asks Holden if he flunked English at Pencey Perp. Holden truthfully answers no, saying that the compositions came easy for him. -
chpt 26
Salinger’s last chapter is really not much of a chapter, but just a brief note to the reader by Holden, who provides an update of his current plans. -
chpt. 22
In this chapter, Holden returns to the room where Phoebe is sleeping to continue their conversation. Phoebe, still very upset at Holden, asks him why he flunked out again. Holden is scared how to respond, so as usual, he blames his academic problems on the phony teachers he has to put up with. He even criticizes Mr. Spencer, his one time role-model and mentor, for changing his personality to impress the headmaster.