Catcher In The Rye Timeline

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Catcher In The Rye Timeline

• Whitney Brumley
• Christine Baik
• Rachel Ko
• Amy McElroy

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Saturday Afternoon
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.

• Fencing equipment goes missing

Thomsen Hill
Meet Stradlater
Meet Ackley
Mr. Spencer
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Earlier in the day, New York

• "I was the goddam manager of the fencing team.
  Very big deal" (3).

His sarcasm conveys his apathy about the fencing
team and even about his schoolwork. He does not
care about his responsibilities to both the
fencing team and Pencey Prep.
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300, Thomsen Hill

• "...you were supposed to commit suicide or
  something if old Pencey didn't win" (2).

• Holden's depressed state of mind is shown in this
  sentence when he mentions suicide, which he
  treats facetiously. Committing suicide is
  something that most people don't consider, but
  Holden's passing thoughts about suicide may
  suggest that he has depressing thoughts.

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A little after 300

• Mr. Spencer's, Anthony Wayne Avenue
• "All of a sudden then, I wanted to get the hell
  out of the room" (10).

• Holden is very moody and somewhat bipolar. He
  constantly changes his mind about things,
  proposes crazy getaway schemes, and contradicts
  himself often. He didn't mind visiting Mr.
  Spencer's until Holden thought he was going to be
  lectured.

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Later, Pencey Prep, Holden's room

• "'Stop calling me 'Ackley kid,' God damn it'"
  (25).
• Holden Caufield has a condescending and slightly
  sadistic attitude sometimes. He likes to push
  people's buttons and does not think much about
  the consequences.

• Robert Ackley is the type of boy that likes to
  build himself up to be more that what he is,
  which is why Holden's condescending name of
  "Ackley kid" is not appreciated.

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Halfway through the game

• Pencey Prep, the restroom
• "Suspense is good for some bastards like
  Stradlater" (28).
• Not only is Holden's sadistic tendencies
  evidently at work, Holden also contradicts
  himself and changes his mind about Stradlater.

• Earlier, he had defended Stradlater against
  Ackley and mentioned the decent kind of things
  Stradlater did. Now, Holden has decided that
  Stradlater is a "bastard" and continues to think
  negatively about Stradlater.

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Saturday Night
9 p.m.
10 p.m.
11 p.m.
12 p.m.
Ackleys Room
Holdens Room
Holdens Room
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930 pm, Holdens Room

• Pencey Prep, Holden's room
• "I slept in the garage the night he died, and I
  broke the goddam windows with my fist, just for
  the hell of it" (39).

• Holden is very depressed and angry about his
  brother, Allie's, death. Though his anger is more
  apparent the night of Allie's death through his
  violent actions, Holden's negativity still exists
  in his vulgar words and violent and depressing
  thoughts.

10
1100(ish)

• Pencey Prep, Holden's room
• "'You don't do one damn thing the way you're
  supposed to'" (41).
• Holden does not like to do things the way he is
  supposed to. He enjoys being different.

• His nonconformity is one of the major themes of
  the novel and his composition about Allie's mitt,
  which was supposed to be of a room, is an example
  of his nonconformity.

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1130(ish)

• Pencey Prep, Ackley's room
• "'What's the routine on joining a monastery?'"
  (50).

• Holden is extremely impulsive. He considers very
  outrageous schemes that involve running away and
  starting a new life that does not involve
  schoolwork. Later in the book, he considers
  another scheme involving running away with Sally.

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Late Saturday Night
12 p.m.
1 a.m.
2 a.m.
3 a.m.
4 a.m.
Lavender Room
Ask Cabbie about ducks
Leaves Pencey
Meets Mrs. Morrow
Sunny
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Leaves Pencey

• Holden decides to leave Pencey early
• Before he goes he sells his typewriter and takes
  the money he has gotten from his grandmother

• Sleep tight ya morons! (52).
• He yells this as he is walking out the front doors

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Boards Train

• He boards the train to New York and meets Mrs.
  Morrow who is Earnest mother

• He adapts himself very well to things. He really
  does mean he knows how to adapt himself (55).
• Holden lies to her about her son because he feels
  bad

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Ducks in Central Park

• Once in New York, Holden ask his cab driver if he
  knew where the duck in Central Park went

• By any chance, do you happen to know where they
  go, the ducks, when it gets frozen over? (60).
• Holden is thinking of those who are innocent and
  cant help but wonder what they do

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Lavender Room

• Holden goes to the Lavender Room and meets Marty,
  Laverne and Bernice

• I danced with them all- the whole three of them
  (73).
• He dances with them because he feels sorry for
  how stupid they are and because he doesnt have
  anything to do

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Sunny the Prostitute

• He had a prostitute come to his room after the
  elevator guy ask if he wants one for 5 dollars
• They both come back and demand more money saying
  that it was 10 and thats what he was told

• Whos hurtin anybody? he said, innocent as
  hell (101).
• This annoys Holden because he was the one who got
  hurt.

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Meeting the Nuns

• Holden goes into a sandwich bar to have his Swiss
  cheese sandwich and a malted milk and he sits
  next to two nuns.
• They talk about the book Romeo and Juliet

• They let me give them 10-bucks for a
  contribution (110).
• Holden presses the money to them and thinks about
  all those who stand on street corners trying to
  get money.

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Sunday
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
12 p.m.
Holden looks for Phoebe
Purchases Little Shirley Beans
Talks about running away
Meets with Sally
Meets Nuns
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Noon

• Holden leaves the sandwich bar and walks down
  Broadway. There, he encounters a father, mother,
  and little boy walking down the street. The
  little boy is singing "If a body catch a body
  coming through the rye". (abt. noon)

• Stops into a record store and buys recording of
  "Little Shirley Beans" for Phoebe.
• Goes to the theater and buys two tickets for the
  play "I Know My Love" for his date with Sally
  Hayes.
• Travels to Central park to see if Phoebe is there.

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1245(ish) - 130(ish)

• Still looking for Phoebe, Holden walks across the
  park to the Museum of Natural History. He decides
  not to go into the museum.
• "If Phoebe had been there, I probably would have,
  but she wasn't" (Salinger 122).

• This is when he is looking for Phoebe and decides
  to go to the museum but decide not to because she
  wasnt there.
• Holden takes a taxi to the Biltmore and meets
  Sally Hayes.

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200pm

• Holden goes to Biltmore Hotel to meet Sally, who
  is late, arriving at 210 pm
• They go to the theater to see the play which is
  starring the Lunts. During intermission Sally
  meets an old friend, George something.

After the play, Sally and Holden go ice skating
at Rockefeller Center. They have an argument over
different sodas.
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400(ish)

• Holden begins to rant about phonies and how he
  and Sally should run away together, leaves
  without Sally. 

• "You never saw so many phonies in all your life,
  everybody smoking their ears off and talking
  about the play so that everybody could hear and
  know how sharp they were" (Salinger 126).

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Sunday Evening
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
Watches a movie at Radio City
Goes to the drugstore
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530(ish)

• After his date with Sally, Holden is hungry so he
  goes to the drugstore and has a Swiss cheese
  sandwich and malted milk.

• He then tries calling Jane Gallagher but there is
  no answer so he gives up

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630(ish)

• Holden calls Carl Luce. They make plans for
  drinks later that night
• Holden goes to the movies at Radio City. He
  watches the Christmas pagent and the movie. He
  notices a women crying next to him, who is
  ignoring her son.
• The movie was him passing time

• The Part that got me was, there was a lady
  sitting next to me that cried all through the
  goddam picture. The phonier it got, the more she
  cried. Youd have thought she was kindhearted as
  hell, but I was sitting right next to her, and
  she wasnt. she had this little kid with her. .
  . (139).

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Sunday Night
10 p.m.
11 p.m.
12 p.m.
Carl Luce leaves
While drunk he calls Sally
The Wicker Bar
28
1000

• Holden meet with Carl Luce
• They meet at the Wicker Bar on 54th Street. They
  have an argument because Holden pesters him about
  subjects Carl does not want to bring up, and Carl
  gets annoyed with these questions

• Carl then begins to question Holdens mental
  health

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1100

• You still going around with that same babe you
  used to at Whooton? The one with the -(144).
• This is when Holden and Carl are catching up.

• They are talking about the girls that Carl has
  dated in his personal life, which Carl gets
  annoyed of.
• Holden then continues to stay at the bar after
  Carl Luce leaves for he has a date

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1130(ish)

• Boy was I drunk! I was still even holding onto
  my guys. They got me. Rockys mob got me. You
  know that Sally? You know that?(152).

• He calls Sally, insisting on speaking to her when
  her family says she is asleep
• This leaves a bad impression on her family after
  they are unable to understand his slurred speech.

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Monday Morning
1 a.m.
2 a.m.
3 a.m.
Borrows
Goes to the apartment
Wants to be Catcher
Drops the record
Parents come back
Phoebe guess the truth
Calls Mr. Antolini
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100

• While in the bathroom, a flitty guy cautions
  Holden to go home
• Holden then leaves The Wicker Bar

• He goes to the lagoon in Central Park. He drops
  the record Little Shirley Beans and decides to
  sneak into his home to see Phoebe.

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200

• They have a long conversation and Phoebe guesses
  that Holdens been kicked out of school.

• Holden walks home and sneaks into the apartment.
  He wakes up Phoebe, who is sleeping in D.Bs
  room.
• Holden gives her the pieces of the broken record.

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300

• Holden leaves and get cigarettes from the box on
  the table in the living room before he goes
• This is before Holden leaves and both are crying.
  Phoebe does not want him to go she wants him to
  stay for her play.

• Shes very affectionate. I mean shes quite
  affectionate, for a child. Sometimes shes even
  too affectionate. I sort of gave her a kiss
  (161).

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Phoebe finds out that Holden dropped out

• Pg. 217
• Beginning of Chapter 22
• Significance Phoebe gets mad and Holden admits
  that he hates school because of phonies and
  reveals that he still thinks about Allie. This is
  important because it proves that Holden is
  depressed and cynical.
• Just because somebodys dead, you just dont
  stop liking them, for Gods sake - especially if
  they were about a thousand times nicer than the
  people you know thatre alive and all(223).

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Holden says that he just wants to be the catcher
in the rye.

• What I have to do , I have to catch everybody
  if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if
  theyre running and they dont look where theyre
  going I have to come out from somewhere and catch
  them(224,225).

• Pg. 225
• End of Chapter 22.
• SignificanceIt is the theme of book and its
  title. Catcher in the rye is a poem by Robert
  Burns and when it is sung, Holden imagines a
  cliff on a field of rye, which represents the
  edge of childhood onto adulthood, and Holden
  wishes to catch everyone before they go over the
  cliff. Holdens wish, symbolizes the of the
  saving the innocent.

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Holden calls up Mr. Antolini

• Pg.225
• End of chapter 22 beginning 23.
• Significance Holden has no place to sleep and
  hes lonely.Mr. Antolini was his best teacher and
  Holden remembers that Mr. Antolini was the first
  person to touch the dead body of James Castle.
  Holden actually respects this person.
• I said Id flunked out of Pencey, though. I
  thought I might as well tell him(226).

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Holdens parents come back from their party and
he hides in her closet.

• Pg. 229
• Middle of chapter 23.
• Significance Rebellious towards parents. Loyalty
  to Phoebe, who is not phony to Holden.
• I grabbed my shoes and got in the closet and
  shut the door(229).

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Holden borrows money from Phoebe and gives his
hunting hat to her

• Pg. 232
• End of chapter 23.
• Significance Holden is dependent on Phoebe. When
  Holden give his hunting hat to Phoebe, it
  symbolizes that he is less rebellious around
  Phoebe.
• She put the dough in my hand(232).

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Later Monday Morning
5 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
8 a.m.
4 a.m.
Wakes to Mr. Antolinis petting
Leaves to go to Grand Central
Goes to Mr. Antolinis
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Holden falls asleep on Mr. Antolinis couch,
while they were having a conversation about
Holdens situation.

• Pg. 235-248
• Begin. mid. of Chapter 24
• Significance While Mr. Antolini deeply discusses
  Holdens life, Holden still does not feel like
  talking about his future and becomes sleepy. This
  is the effect of Holdens depression and cynical
  attitude.
• I have a terrible feeling that youre riding
  for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I
  dont honestly know what kind . . . Are you
  listening to me?(242).

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Holden wakes up to the petting of Mr. Antolini
and leaves.

• Pg.249
• End of chapter 24
• Significance Displays the distrust of people in
  Holdens attitude. Holden is pessimistic.
• What he was doing was, he sitting on the floor
  right next to the couch, in the dark and all, and
  he was sort of petting me or patting me on the
  goddam head(249).

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Holden goes to Grand Central Subway and sleeps in
the waiting room

• Pg. 252
• Beginning of Chapter 25 around 900 am, Monday.
• Significance Adds to the fact that Holden and
  his thoughts wander around. He is too depressed
  to think straight or act reasonably.

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Monday
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
Phoebe meets him and wants to go with
Goes to eat and has a breakdown
Decides to go west and writes to Phoebe
Phoebe rides the carousel
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Holden goes to a cheap restaurant and has a
breakdown on 5th avenue.

• Pg. 256
• Begin. mid. Chapter 25
• Significance At the restaurant Holden finds that
  he cannot sallow the doughnuts. When he walks
  down fifth avenue, Holden feels as if he was
  disappearing into nothing. His mental illness is
  affecting his physical health and behavior.
• I thought Id just go down, down, down, and
  nobodyd would ever see me again. Boy, did it
  scare me(256).

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Holden decides to go west and writes Phoebe a
note to meet him at the Museum.

• Pg.260
• Middle of Chapter 25
• Significance Holden is making irrational
  decisions to cope with his loneliness from
  recently being with Phoebe and Mr. Antolini. He
  is trying to run away from his cynical and
  depressing view of the world.
• Dear Phoebe, I cant wait around till Wednesday
  any more so I will probably hitch hike out west
  this afternoon(260).

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Phoebe meets Holden, intending to go with him.
She also chucks the hunting hat at Holden.

• Pg. 268
• End of chapter 25. Around lunchtime.
• Significance The hunting hat symbolizes
  rebellious individuality. When Holden tells her
  that she cant come, she throws the hat in anger.
  Holden is left alone to be the rebel.
• All she did was, she took off my red hunting hat
  - the one I gave her - and practically chucked it
  right in my face(269).

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Phoebe rides the carousel two times and Holden
nearly cries.

• Pg. 274
• End of chapter 26.
• Significance The carousel symbolizes the
  continuance of innocence, because it is a part
  of childhood that goes round and round and never
  changes. Holden even mentions that they played
  the same song they played when he was young. As
  Phoebe rides the carousel, he accepts that his
  dream of saving the innocent is a childish
  dream and nearly cries as Phoebe rides for the
  second time.
• I felt so damn happy all of the sudden, the way
  old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was
  damn near bawling(275).

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