La Fin :)

Summary:
When we last left Holden he was on his way to his old teacher, Mr. Antolini's house. Mr Antolini tells Holden how he is worried about him and that he is not going to be happy in life if he keeps on with this attitude. In Holden's defense he tries to say that he didn't like the rules given in Pencey. This strikes up an argument between the two about how their will be rules at every place he goes and that rules are often made for the better. When Holden leaves Mr.Antolini's house, he starts to plead to Allie so that he can make it. At this point I believe that Holden is becoming delusional because he is calling to his dead brother to let him make it to the other side. Holden then ends up in Phoebe's school where she wants him to let her go with him. He refuses but offers her a trip to the zoo. After the zoo they end up in a park and that is the end of the story. Holden doesn't want to tell us what happens at the park with Phoebe but he does say that he went home, and he got sick. When Holden got sick he got sent to a resting home where he now shares his story with us. 

Pages 234 - 277

Quote:

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

(Salinger 277)

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I think this was an important quote because this was an interesting way to end the story. As I read the book, I thought the ending would've been more strong. Strong in the sense of word choice or in such a way that it ended with Holden saying how his life sucks and he wished he could go back and change it all. However, he changes completely; we actually start to see the soft side of Holden in the last  couple of chapters. In the lines before this quote he says that he misses everyone he mentioned even the people he didn't get along with. Holden changes into a person who now instead of just giving you a story is actually trying to teach you a lesson. The ending was a surprise and actually leaves people thinking. If you never think about someone did they ever mean anything to you? I also thought to myself: "If I never miss anyone does that mean I'm heartless?" I thought Catcher in the Rye was an awesome book! 

Depressed?

Summary: 
When we last left Holden, he was leaving the ice skating rink from his failed attempt of a date with Sally. He ended chapter 17 saying that he was a madman for meaning what he said to Sally about her coming with him. Salinger starts chapter 18 with Holden talking about Jane and how he wanted to call her to meet up with her. Then he goes on to say that he doesn't understand why she dated Al Pike, a complete showoff. Holden decides to call Carl Luce to have dinner with him and "catch up". Holden badgers Carl with questions about sex to try and have an intellectual conversations but his attempts were immature and causes Carl to leave. Holden then gets completely drunk and breaks down crying. Holden then decides to walk home. Holden is finally reunited with his sister and she has so much to say to him; part of which is telling him that their father i going to "kill" him. Phoebe gives Holden her Christmas money she had been saving up and he leaves.

Pages 175 - 234

Quote:

"Then, all of a sudden, I started to cry." (Salinger 233)

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I felt that this quote was important because we now get to feel sympathy for Holden. Since the beginning of this novel Holden says he doesn't want us to hear the "sappy" part of his story. Within these chapters, you see Holden break down in front of his sister and he himself is confused. He doesn't know why he is crying, he doesn't know why he cant't stop, and he doesn't know what to do anymore. I believe that this may be the turning point in Holden's madman story. I think that from now on he's going to make an effort to change.  

Emotional Roller Coaster

Summary:
When we last left Holden he was in the Lavender room trying to find something to do. He starts to flirt with these 3 women and they seem amused but uninterested in this young guy who tries to appear older. After a while, they start to laugh at him; they also depress him by only talking about movie stars. This is depressing to him because he always felt that his brother (a movie star) got all the attention.  Holden then takes a cab to Greenwich Village nightclub called Ernie’s, a spot he used to frequent with D. B. Holden tries to make a friend with the taxi driver and ends up angering him. While at the nightclub Holden encounter's D.B's ex girlfriend and is so annoyed by her, he leaves the club. When Holden goes back to the hotel, the elevator operator offers to send a prostitute to Holden's room. Holden is unable to loose his virginity to a prostitute so he gives her 5 dollars and sends her on her way.  Holden asks Sally out on a date and that also turns out for the worst and the date ends with an argument.

Pages 80 - 174

Quote:

"Then a funny thing happened. When I got to the museum, all of a sudden I wouldn't have gone inside for a million bucks. It just didn't appeal to me - " (Salinger 159) 

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I thought this was an important quote because no matter how much he used to love the museum he didn't want to step foot in it. I feel as if Holden is confused and he doesn't know who he is anymore. In chapter 16 he speaks of how much the museum meant to him and how he went there almost every Saturday with a teacher by the name of Miss Aigletinger. Holden says this long and elaborate description of the museum then ends the chapter saying he had no reason to go in except to check if his sister was there. This left me confused because I wonder if something happened to him to make him so bitter in life, to make him so careless.