Monday, January 26, 2009

Characters- Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield-
*heavy smoker and sometimes drinker
-favorite drink: scotch and soda
*17 when telling story, 16 in story
*gets kicked out of schools frequently
*manager of fencing team
*crazy
*loves his late brother Allie
*but also loves his other siblings
*is a virgin
*hates movies, morons, phonies...

Allie-
*was 2 years younger than Holden
*died of leukemia when he was 12
*is a ginger!
*had a baseball mitt that he wrote poems on in green ink

D.B.-
*is Holden's older brother
*lives in Hollywood
*writer of short stories and now movie scripts

Phoebe-
*Holden's younger sister
*10 years old
*is a ginger!
*admires Holden
*is a smart little girl
*likes to dance, ice-skate, carousels, and Holden's red hat

Jane Gallagher-
*was Holden's neighbor
*stole Holden's heart
*is the one person Holden opened up to about Allie
*has a total jerk for a step dad
*has great hand holding skills

Ward Stradlater-
*is a total jerk
*is a year older than Holden
*Holden's roommate
*ladies man
*is annoying in his own way
*can't understand the concept of clean razors

Robert Ackley-
*has acne.... a lot.
*doesn't know the meaning of personal: space, things, information... etc.
*has disgusting habits
*hates Stradlater's guts

Mr. Spencer-
*Holden's history teacher at Pencey
*OLD
*has grippe
*is probably the only teacher Holden respected at Pencey

Sally-
*is a trashy old 'friend' of Holden's
Carl Luce-

*another old friend of Holden's
*is an intellectual jerk
*a little older than Holden

Mr. & Mrs. Antolini-

-MR.
*old english teacher
*heavy drinker
*pets men's heads while they sleep...

-MRS.
*older than Mr.
*looks ugly without makeup!

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