She sits next to him and recognizes the Pencey Prep sticker on his bag. ... Holden also says his name is Rudolph Schmidt, which is the name of a custodian at Pencey Prep. ... During the intermission, Holden is annoyed because Sally flirts with a boy from Anover, which is another Prep School. ... While ice skating Holden thinks to himself that Sally only wants to go ice-skating because she wants to showoff her "cute ass", however he says he finds it attractive.When they sit down Holden talks about all the "phonies" in New York and Prep Schools and how he feels like such an outsider. ... After r...

• Word Count: 1551
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He is a 16-year-old junior who has been expelled from Pencey Prep for academic failure. ... Ackley Ackley is Holden's next-door neighbor in the dormitory at Pencey Prep. ... Stradlater Stradlater is Holden's roommate at Pencey Prep. ... Spencer is Holden's history teacher at Pencey Prep, who unsuccessfully tries to shake Holden out of academic apathy. Carl Luce Carl was Holden's student advisor at the Whooton School. ...

• Word Count: 399
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye takes place largely in a boarding school by the name of Pencey Prep and New York City where the main character, Holden, subconsciously searches for a "wise old man figure" to help him through his troubles. ... He has been placed in multiple boarding schools after the death of his younger brother, Allie. Holden is experiencing slight trauma after being dismissed from the latest school, Pencey Prep. ... Caulfield, Holden's history teacher at Pencey Prep, Mr. ... Holden is sent to Elkton Hills, Whooton Prep and now Pencey Prep soon after the death of hi...

• Word Count: 1058
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of his psychological meltdown in New York City. ... When the novel opens, Holden is a sixteen year-old junior at a school called Pencey Prep; he has just been expelled for failing. ... Ackley - Holden's next-door neighbor in the dorm at Pencey Prep, a pimply, insecure boy with terrible teeth. ... Woodruff girls' school. ... Carl Luce - A student at Columbia whom Holden knew when they both attended the Whooton School. ...

• Word Count: 1065
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of the novel Holden is at Pencey Prep boarding school he is soon to leave as a result of his failing consistently and a lack of application to his studies. ... Holden feels Pencey Prep is full of "phony's", "fake", "boring" and "trivial". ... At Pencey Prep Holden has no real friends in whom he can confide or even relate to and this in turn has significant effects as Holden is emotionally independent . ... At Pencey prep Holden is has no real friends now any sense of belonging therefore despite his obvious intellectual abilities we see a lack of motivation or enjoyment o...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Spencer as phony because of his vocabulary, is when Holden leaves Pencey Prep permanently, and goes to say good-bye to the ex-history teacher. The depicted fake tells the ex-Pencey student "I had the privilege of meeting your mother and dad when they had their little chat with Dr. ... The ex-Pencey student immediately impugns Mr. ... The wing where the central character lived at Pencey was called the "Ossenbuger Memorial Wing" named after a men who went to Pencey and later donated a substantial amount of money to the school. ...

• Word Count: 583
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

From the first few pages of the book we learn that Holden isn't attending the big football game between Pencey Prep and Saxon Hall. Despite being an event of great school importance and tradition, Holden isn't in the bleachers and socializing with his fellow classmates but instead he is sitting atop a hill looking down on everyone criticizing their every move. ... Spencer was giving him as good advice and only a lecture to help guide him after he leaves Pencey Holden barely pays attention to him. ...

• Word Count: 1079
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Having failed out of three "prep" schools his parents sent him to, most recently from Pencey, he intends to do whatever it takes to broaden his horizons. ... So he leaves Pencey early on an account that he has been maimed on a personal level, and because he feels like there is more to life. ... Taking place in one of the most prestigious prep schools in the US, the students that attend it are expected to abide by all its rules and regulations so that they can move on successfully to become doctors and lawyers. ...

• Word Count: 637
• Approx Pages: 3

Holden Caulfield started out in his life at a school named Thompson Hill and then to a school called Whooton. It began roughly for him because he was kicked out of both schools for not doing any work. His horrible grades forced him to move to an all boys school Pency Prep where he lived in the dorms with a friend called by the name Ackley and an arrogant roommate named Stradlater. He got into many fights with his friends around the school and hardly got along with anyone. ... A few months of going to school at Pencey Prep he was kicked out for failing every subject. ...

• Word Count: 575
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He is trying to say goodbye to his school, Pencey Prep., since he was expelled. ... He does this to get away from his problems at Pencey but he does not realize that he will encounter bigger problems outside Pencey. ... He then decided to never go home or to another school again. ... Holden then went to Phoebe's school. ... Holden went from a cozy dorm at a respected prep school, to a cheap New York hotel to a train station bench all in one weekend. ...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Review of The Catcher in the Rye This novel takes place mostly in New York City in the 1950's although it begins at a private academy called Pencey Prep, just outside of the city. ... Holden begins his account on a Saturday in December a few days before the students of Pencey Prep are released for Christmas break. He has just learned of his expulsion from Pencey and is quite worried about how his parents will react to the news that he has been kicked out of another school. ... Holden ends up leaving Pencey that Saturday night instead of in a few days when the rest of the students l...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Holden's journey begins on a Saturday in December, just before school closes for Christmas break. He has been informed of his expulsion from Pency Prep school. ... The novel charts Holden's experiences over a period of about forty hours, starting from the time he leaves Pencey Prep. ... He seems to have a history of expulsion and failure at various prep schools because of his inability to adjust to institutional life and the world in general. His recent expulsion from Pencey Prep and a series of other harrowing experiences lead him to an inevitable emotional breakdown. ...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The story starts off at Pencey Prep, Holden's present school at which he was flunking out of. ... There he was visited by Robert Ackley whom he disliked with a great passion, however he still had a conversation with him about school matters. ... After the fight that Holden had with Stradlater, he attempted, without success, to befriend Ackley, for he didn't want to leave Pency Prep without a friend. ... Inevitably, Holden decided to leave Pencey early and stay in New York until the day that he intended to arrive at home had approached. On the train ride to New York Holden met...

• Word Count: 1454
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Not only Allies death caused Holden a dramatic breakdown, it is also affected by Pency Prep, previous schools and the relationships he had. ... I believe you also had some difficulty at the Whooton School and at Elkton Hills" (pg.13). Holden continues to get kicked out of every school he attends to. ... Pencey Prep and previous schools, and most importantly the students who are in it plays a big role to Holden's breakdown. ... I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. ...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He is disgusted with all the schools he went to because of the people there. Holden even mentions that there were only two students at Pencey Prep, if that many, whom he could call great people. Pencey Prep is advertised as one of the best schools that "mold- boys into brilliant men, while having crooks and mentally limited people like Ackley. The school's "secret fraternity- that would not let some guys join, just because they are "pimply and boring-, sickens Holden. ... Aside from the schools, Holden finds himself an alien in the every day world of New York C...

• Word Count: 1038
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Despite being quite intelligent, he has been kicked out of five different schools, including his current school that he is being expelled from, Pencey Prep. ... Before Holden was to be sent home from Pencey for good, he decides to leave early and be on his own in New York City for a few days. ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the beginning of the novel Salinger starts off with Holden who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. ... As Holden is walking up the stairs to his sister's school to leave a note requesting a final meeting, he sees "Fuck you" written on the wall and rubs it off with his had. ...

• Word Count: 612
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Salinger tells a story of a young man named Holden Caulfield and the experiences he faces after being dismissed from school. ... Another example of his hypocrisy is evident when he criticizes his school, Pencey Prep, but then later praises it for having a good academic rating. ...

• Word Count: 530
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Salinger's critically acclaimed novel, The Catcher in the Rye follows the journey of Holden Caulfield, a young boy who returns home to New York after being ousted from yet another prep school. ... After being kicked out of Pencey Prep, Holden is forced to deal with the loneliness that accompanies his eviction. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Catcher in the Rye begins when Holden Caulfield goes to visit one of his teachers before he has to leave the school since he was kicked out. Holden decides to leave the school early and use the Christmas money and other money he has saved up to go to New York for a while until it would be time for him to come home. Holden was kicked out of Pencey Prep School for not having the grades and this is not the first time this has occurred. ... The events in The Catcher in the Rye are similar to the events in Salinger's live, such that he was frequently changing prep schools, and that he att...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of the qualities that make up is character are that he is irresponsible; he flunked out of three schools. ... He also attempts to flirt with an older woman on the bus, who is the mother of one of the students at Pencey Prep and lies to flatter her. ...

• Word Count: 574
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of his story, Holden is a student at Pencey Prep School. ... The novel, The Catcher In the Rye, should not be banned from inclusion in the literature courses taught at the high school level. ... By excluding a novel from a high school curriculum in order to shelter students from profanity, is an attempt to do the impossible. ... In a typical high school, the student body is over the age of 13. ... The Catcher in the Rye should not be excluded from curriculums at the high school level. ...

• Word Count: 783
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Holden Caulfield is a troubled teenager trying to find his place in life and suffering, making the transition from childhood to adulthood. Holden's appearance is what a usual teenager looks like around his age, but a bit more mature in some features. He says he has a crew cut in chapter one "I wear ...

• Word Count: 752
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Bouncing around from various prep schools, failing out of most of them, Salinger finally settled down at Valley Forge Military Academy. ... Also, "Holden Caulfield moves from prep school to prep school, is threatened with military school, and knows an older Columbia student, among other similarities." ... Holden Caulfield, the protagonist and narrator, is a sixteen year-old junior at Pencey Prep. ... Expelled from Pencey Prep for academic failure, Holden decides to leave for good after an argument between him and his roommate Stradlater. ... Holden's parents have arranged for him to atten...

• Word Count: 2498
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School