1. Schools
1.1. Pencey Prep
1.1.1. Students
1.1.1.1. Ackley
1.1.1.1.1. Personality
1.1.1.1.2. Apperance
1.1.1.2. Stradlater
1.1.1.2.1. Personality
1.1.1.2.2. Apperance
1.1.2. Teacher
1.1.2.1. Mr. Spencer
1.1.2.1.1. history teacher for Holden
1.1.3. What Pencey was about
1.1.3.1. Tried to act like a fancey school
1.1.3.1.1. Give students very litte steak for dinner and if parents came to visit, the students would say they had steak last night
1.1.3.2. Was a phony school
1.1.3.2.1. thinks everyone there was phony
1.2. Elkton Hills
1.2.1. Student
1.2.1.1. James Castle
1.2.1.1.1. former classmate of Holden
1.2.1.1.2. Holden respected him for standing up for himself and speaking the truth
1.2.1.1.3. Committed suicide after getting jumped by the kids who James Castle was speaking of
1.2.2. Teacher
1.2.2.1. Mr. Antollini
1.2.2.1.1. He's Holden former english teacher
1.2.2.1.2. Holden respects him a lot
1.2.2.1.3. He is very understanding and let Holden sleep at his home for a night
2. Family
2.1. Phoebe
2.1.1. intelligent
2.1.1.1. she was probaly the second smartest in the family
2.1.1.1.1. SHe is second to her older brother Allie
2.1.2. younger sister
2.1.2.1. Cares for Holden
2.1.2.1.1. When Holden told Phoebe he was going to run away from home she wanted to go with him
2.2. Mom
2.2.1. Very emotional
2.2.1.1. Always worried
2.3. Dad
2.3.1. Very strict
2.3.1.1. He well get very mad if his childern disapoint him like get kicked out of Pencey Prep
2.4. D.B.
2.4.1. Older brother
2.4.1.1. Holden thinks his brother is a selling out
2.4.1.1.1. He used to write short stories but now he writes in big hollywood movies
2.4.2. A writer
2.4.2.1. He used to write short stories that Holden used to like but he is a bigshot writer that writes movie for hollywood
2.5. Allie
2.5.1. intelligent
2.5.1.1. he was probaly the smartest in the family
2.5.1.2. When he played baseball he had written all these poems on his glove mit so he could while playing in the outfield so didn't get bored
2.5.2. younger brother
2.5.2.1. Him and Holden used to be best friends
2.5.2.1.1. Until Allie died of Luekemia at a young age, which broke Holden at a young age.
2.5.2.1.2. Cause Holden most of his pain and grief
3. Personality
3.1. Immature
3.1.1. He show immaturity when he ran away from school and his home for a couple of days
3.1.2. He can change his mind without thinking about and can very quick to jugde
3.2. Skeptical
3.2.1. Distrusts adults and views most people as phonies.
3.3. Lonely
3.3.1. Seeks connection but pushes people away
3.4. Guardian
3.4.1. Fixates on preserving childern and his sister innocence
3.5. Empathetic
3.5.1. Shows kindness to vulnerable individuals.
4. interaction
4.1. Sunny
4.1.1. Holden hires Sunny as a prositute but ends up just talking to her
4.1.2. This interaction between Holden and her shows his innocence and fear of adulthood
4.2. The Nuns
4.2.1. He donates money to them and talks about literature, feeling respect and connection
4.2.2. This shows that Holden has kindness for some people
4.3. Cab driver
4.3.1. He asks cab drivers about the ducks in the Central Park lagoon, showing his childlike life
4.4. Sally Hayes
4.4.1. Holden ex girlfriend
4.4.2. Their date ends bad when Holden said they should run away together showing that he can be impulsive and not thinking straight
4.5. Jane Gallagher
4.5.1. Holden thinks about Jane and shows that he has feelings for her
4.5.2. He remembers her kindness and a moment when she was crying and he was holding her and kissing her head expect the mouth
4.6. Maurice
4.6.1. Elevator Boy and ask that Holden if he wanted a prositute for $5
4.6.2. He asked Holden to pay more than what he ask for and started to hurt Holden for the money
5. Symbol
5.1. Red Hunting Hat
5.1.1. Represents Holden’s desire to stand out
5.1.2. He often uses it for comfort and protection
5.1.3. He gives the hat to Phoebe, trying to protect her innocence
5.2. Ducks in the Lagoon
5.2.1. Shows Holden struggle to understand and try to change with life
5.2.2. Shows his innocence in a chaotic world
5.3. The Museum of Natural History
5.3.1. The museum reminds him of his childhood and he is trying to preserve his chilhood
5.3.2. Represents a world that is stuck in time, but is the complete oppsite of changing reality of growing up
5.4. The Carousel
5.4.1. Represents the simple pleasures of childhood
5.4.2. Holden realizes he cannot prevent the loss of childhood with growing up
5.4.3. It brings peace to Holden when Pheobe kept riding it over and over