catcher in the rye- chapter 26

The final chapter. Holden is in a mental hospital. He talks about how he misses everybody from his childhood. Including Stradlater, Maurice, and Ackley. I don't think he misses them because he liked them. I think he misses them because they were in a very important part of his life, his childhood. The story ends with Holden saying this; "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." When Holden sais this I think he means that anybody that you interact with, at an important time of your life, you remember them forever. It doesn't matter how much you like them.

catcher in the rye- chapter 25

In this chapter Holden goes to a subway station. He reads a magazine article that makes him think that he has cancer. After that, Holden goes down a street and starts getting worried. He is worried because he doesn't think he will get to the other side. He prays to Allie, that Allie will help him make it across. Holden decides to run away, but first, he goes to Phoebe to give her back the money she gave him. When he does this, Phoebe wants to go with him, but Holden refuses to let her. This is the only sign of real maturity that Holden has shown in the entire book, so far. Later, when Holden and Phoebe are at the zoo, she asks him if he is going to stay and Holden tells her yes. He realizes that he will have to face people, who are phonies, his entire life no matter where he goes. However, it won't be too bad if he is around people he loves and cares about.

catcher in the rye- chapter 24

In this chapter Holden goes to Mr. Antolin's apartment. They are talking for a while then suddenly, Mr. Antolini tells Holden that he has recently talked to Holden's father about Holden being such a bad student. He sais "I feel like you are friding for some kind of terrible fall" to Holden. I think this fall represents society and how many people can't handle alot of stress that they have in their lives.

catcher in the rye- chapter 23

In this chapter, Holden and Phoebe are still talking. However, their parents come home and Holden goes to hide in the closet. Phoebe lies to mom to cover for Holden. Holden then decides to leave. Phoebe gives him her christmas money because she wants Holden to be ok. This gesture brings Holden to tears. Phoebe gets scared because she does not like to see people crying. Especially people she looks up to, like Holden. Phoebe offers for Holden to sleep with her, but Holden sais that he has to go because Mr. Antolini is waiting for him.

catcher in the rye- chapter 22

This entire chapter is about Holden talking with Phoebe. Phoebe brings up the point that Holden doesn't like anything. I completely agree with her statement of this. However, Holden gets very deffensive about it and starts yelling at Phoebe. Holden ends the chapter, by going to make a phone call to one of his old teachers, Mr. Antolini. I think Holden is the kind of person that thinks that he can say bad things about everybody else, but if somebody sais something bad about him he will flip out. I find it weird and kind of annoying that Holden talks about how phony people are, but he doesn't realize how much of a phony he is, himself!

catcher in the rye- chapter 21

Holden goes home in this chapter. His parents aren't there, but he talks to Phoebe. He sais "I just felt good for a change." I found this to be very significant because most of the story, Holden has just been complaining about how miserable his life is and about all of the people around him. Phoebe is also very excited. You can tell by the way she jumps to hug Holden after he wakes her up. They talk for a little while and eventually Phoebe finds out that Holden got kicked out of Pencey. She is then very afraid of what their dad will do to Holden. At the end of this chapter, Holden takes some cigarettes out of a box that was his dad's because Holden was out. This shows how much Holden smokes. I think he smokes alot because most of the time he is very lonely, or he just feels lonely.

catcher in the rye- chapter 20

Holden sees a girl named Valencia at a night club. He wants to talk with her, but he never gets the chance to. He calls Sally Hayes, while he is drunk, and she just tells him to go home. The piano player in the club sais the same. Before going home, however, Holden goes to Madison Avenue and down to the lagoon. Holden, once again, mentions "where do the ducks go when the pond freezes?" Holden is obviously deeply interested in the matter.