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Knights - Catcher in the Rye Characters

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Holden's big brother
Pencey's headmaster's daughter; nice but not pretty
Tells him to stop throwing the ball around; his real "goodbye"
Holden's history teacher who's old and sick
Headmaster at Elkton School; phony; only greet good looking parents
Headmaster at Pencey; "life is a game"
Pencey alum; gave a speech; made $ by opening funeral homes
Farted during Ossenburger's speech
Holden's dormmate; bad skin and teeth; no one likes him
Holden's roommate; phony friendly; secret slob
Stradlater's date; Holden's childhood friend; never moved her kings
Wrestler that goes into town with Holden and Ackley
Bball coach at Pencey; favored Stradlater
Holden's old gf; goes to a matinee with her; makes her cry; really pretty
Holden meets his mom; tells her that he's popular and sensitive when he's really the biggest bastard
Janitor of Holden's dorm; Holden's name when talking to Mrs. Morrow
Holden's little sister
Girl that Holden necked with once; phony
Gave Holden Faith Cavendish's number; goes to Princeton
Holden calls her to set up a date but it's too late; sounds nice
3 tourists that Holden meets and dances with at the Lavender Room
Jane Gallagher's step-father; booze-hound
Snobby but talented piano player; phony
Touchy cabdriver that drives Holden to Ernie's
D.B.'s ex gf; Holden runs into her at Ernie's
Hotel elevator operator; gets in a fist fight with him
Young prostitute sent to Holden; she lost her childhood
Guy that Holden went biking with instead of Allie
Quaker that Holden had a religious argument with
Holden's roommate at Elkton Hills; had crappy suitcases; burgeois
Holden let him borrow his typewriter
Sings "Little Shirley Beans"
Jane Gallagher dated him; hot-shot
French singers at the Wicker Bar
Prominent couple in Broadway theater
Holden's pseudo-name
Always took Holden's class to the museum
Met him at the Wicker Bar; talks to him about sex and Chinese philosophy
Nerdy kid who jumped from the window
First kid Holden met at Whooten; ruined convo when he asked about the Catholic church
Holden has a LONG talk with him; likes to drink; makes a "flitty" move
Always had "Digression!" shouted at him
Actually has an inferiority complex but girls think he's arrogant
Taught Oral Expressions class
Book of short stories D.B. wrote
Where Holden is in a loony bin, D.B. lives there
Holden wonders where the ducks go when the pond freezes
Steak; parents visited the next day and would ask what they had for dinner
Topic of Holden's essay; Mr. Spencer goes over with him
One of Holden's old schools
Cheesy club in the Edmont Hotel
What Holden has an operation on when Sunny wants to do things; really a type of piano
People sell themselves like prostitutes there
One of Holden's schools
The day Allie died; punched out windows of the garage
Only part Holden likes about the Radio City Christmas show
Where D.B. is writing a movie about
Gets totally smashed there; drinks with Carl; calls Sally
The way Stradlater talks to his dates
Holden sleeps/stores his stuff there
Holden takes Phoebe there before he gets sick; reminds him of childhood because it never changes and just keeps going around

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