boarding schools, and tells her that he's in lousy shape. He suggests that
they borrow a car from a friend in Greenwich Village and drive up to New
England where they can stay in a cabin camp until their money runs out.
They could get married and live in the woods. Sally tells him that the idea
is foolish, for they are both practically children who would starve to
death. She tells him that they will have a lot of time to do those things
after college and marriage, but he claims that there wouldn't be "oodles"
of places to go, for it would be entirely different. He calls her a "royal
pain in the ass," and she starts to cry. Holden feels somewhat guilty, and
realizes that he doesn't even know where he got the idea about going to New
England.
Chapter Eighteen:
Holden once again considers giving Jane a call to invite her to go dancing.
He remembers how she danced with Al Pike from Choate. Although Holden
thought that he was "all muscles and no brains," Jane claimed that he had
an inferiority complex and felt sorry for him. Holden thinks that girls
divide guys into two types, no matter what their personality: a girl will
justify bad behavior as part of an inferiority complex for those she likes,
while claim those that she doesn't like are conceited. Holden calls Carl
Luce, a friend from the Whooton School who goes to Columbia, and plans to
meet him that night. He then goes to the movies and is annoyed when a woman
beside him becomes too emotional. The movie is a war film, which makes
Holden think about D.B.'s experience in the war. He hated the army, but had
Holden read A Farewell to Arms, which in Holden's view celebrates soldiers.
Holden thinks that if there is a war, he is glad that the atomic bomb has
been invented, for he would volunteer to sit right on top of it.
Chapter Nineteen:
Holden meets Carl Luce at the Wicker Bar. Carl Luce used to gossip about
people who were "flits" (homosexuals) and would tell which actors were
actually gay. Holden claims that Carl was a bit "flitty" himself. When Carl
arrives, he asks Holden when he is going to grow up, and is not amused by
Holden's jokes. Carl is annoyed that he is having a "typical Caulfield
conversation" about sex. Carl admits that he is seeing an older woman in
the Village who is a sculptress from China. Holden asks questions that are
too personal about Carl's sex life with his girlfriend until Carl insists
that he drop the subject. Carl reminds him that the last time he saw Holden
he told him to see his father, a psychiatrist.
Chapter Twenty:
Holden remains in the Wicker Bar getting drunk. He continues to pretend
that he has been shot. Finally, he calls Sally, but her grandmother answers
and asks why he is calling so late. Finally, Sally gets on the phone and
realizes that Holden is drunk. In the restroom of the Wicker Bar, he talks
to the "flitty-looking" guy, asking if he will see the "Valencia babe" who
performs there, but he tells Holden to go home. Holden finally leaves. As
he walks home, Holden drops Phoebe's record and nearly starts to cry. He
goes to Central Park and sits down on a bench. He thinks that he will get
pneumonia and imagines his funeral. He is reassured that his parents won't
let Phoebe come to his funeral because he is too young. He thinks about
what Phoebe would feel if he got pneumonia and died, and figures that he
should sneak home and see her, in case he did die.
Chapter Twenty-One:
Holden returns home, where he is very quiet as not to awake his parents.
Phoebe is asleep in D.B.'s room. He sits down at D.B.'s desk and looks at
Phoebe's stuff, such as her math book, where she has the name "Phoebe
Weatherfield Caulfield" written on the first page (her middle name is
actually Josephine). He wakes up Phoebe and hugs her. She tells about how
she is playing Benedict Arnold in her school play. She tells about how she
saw a movie called The Doctor, and how their parents are out for the night.
Holden shows Phoebe the broken record, and admits that he got kicked out.
She tells him that "Daddy's going to kill you," but Holden says that he is
going away to a ranch in Colorado. Phoebe places a pillow over her head and
refuses to talk to Holden.
Chapter Twenty-Two:
Phoebe tells Holden that she thinks his scheme to go out to Colorado is
foolish, and asks why he failed out of yet another school. He claims that
Pencey is full of phonies. He tells her about how everyone excluded Robert
Ackley as a sign of how phony the students are. Holden admits that there
were a couple of nice teachers, including Mr. Spencer, but then complains
about the Veterans' Day ceremonies. Phoebe tells Holden that he doesn't
like anything that happens. She asks Holden for one thing that he likes a
lot. He thinks of two things. The first is the nuns at Grand Central. The
second is a boy at Elkton Hills named James Castle, who had a fight with a
conceited guy named Phil Stabile. He threatened James, who responded by
jumping out the window, killing himself. However, he tells Phoebe that he
likes Allie, and he likes talking to Phoebe right now. Holden tells Phoebe
that he would like to be a catcher in the rye: he pictures a lot of
children playing in a big field of rye around the edge of a cliff. Holden
imagines that he would catch them if they started to go over the cliff.
Holden decides to call up Mr. Antolini, a former teacher at Elkton Hills
who now teaches English at NYU.
Chapter Twenty-Three:
Holden tells that Mr. Antolini was his English teacher at Elkton Hills and
was the person who carried James Castle to the infirmary. Holden and Phoebe
dance to the radio, but their parents come home and Holden hides in the
closet. When he believes that it is safe, Holden asks Phoebe for money and
she gives him eight dollars and change. He starts to cry as he prepares to
leave, which frightens Phoebe. He gives Phoebe his hunting hat and tells
her that he will give her a call.
Chapter Twenty-Four:
Mr. Antolini had married an older woman who shared similar intellectual
interests. When he arrives at his apartment, Holden finds Mr. Antolini in a
bathrobe and slippers, drinking a highball. Holden and Mr. Antolini discuss
Pencey, and Holden tells how he failed Oral Expression (debate). He tells
Holden how he had lunch with his father, who told him that Holden was
cutting classes and generally unprepared. He warns Holden that he is riding
for some kind of terrible fall. He says that it may be the kind where, at
the age of thirty, he sits in some bar hating everyone who comes in looking
as if he played football in college or hating people who use improper
grammar. He tells Holden that the fall that he is riding for is a special
and horrible kind, and that he can see Holden dying nobly for some highly
unworthy cause. He gives Holden a quote from the psychoanalyst Wilhelm
Stekel: "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a
cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for
one." He finally tells Holden that once he gets past the things that annoy
him, he will be able to find the kind of information that will be dear to
his heart. Holden goes to sleep, and wakes up to find Mr. Antolini's hand
on his head. He tells Holden that he is "simply sitting here, admiring‹"
but Holden interrupts him, gets dressed and leaves, claiming that he has to
get his bags from Grand Central Station and he will be back soon.
Chapter Twenty-Five:
When Holden gets outside, it is getting light out. He walks over to
Lexington to take the subway to Grand Central, where he slept that night.
He thinks about how Mr. Antolini will explain Holden's departure to his
wife. Holden feels some regret that he didn't come back to the Antolini's
apartment. Holden starts reading a magazine at Grand Central; when he reads
an article about hormones, he begins to worry about hormones, and worries
about cancer when he reads about cancer. As Holden walks down Fifth Avenue,
he feels that he will not get to the other side of the street each time he
comes to the end of a block. He feels that he would just go down. He makes
believe that he is with Allie every time he reaches a curb. Holden decides
that he will go away, never go home again and never go to another prep
school. He thinks he will pretend to be a deaf-mute so that he won't have
to deal with stupid conversations. Holden goes to Phoebe's school to find
her and say goodbye. At the school he sees "fuck you" written on the wall,
and becomes enraged as he tries to scratch it off. He writes her a note
asking her to meet him near the Museum of Art so that he can return her
money. While waiting for Phoebe at the Museum, Holden chats with two
brothers who talk about mummies. He sees another "fuck you" written on the
wall, and is convinced that someone will write that below the name on his
tombstone. Holden, suffering from diarrhea, goes to the bathroom, and as he
exits the bathroom he passes out. When he regains consciousness, he feels
better. Phoebe arrives, wearing Holden's hunting hat and dragging Holden's
old suitcase. She tells him that she wants to come with him. She begs, but
he refuses and causes her to start crying. She throws the red hunting hat
back at Holden and starts to walk away. She follows Holden to the zoo, but
refuses to talk to him or get near him. He buys Phoebe a ticket for the
carousel there, and watches her go around on it as "Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes" plays. Afterwards, she takes back the red hunting hat and goes back
on the carousel. As it starts to rain, Holden cries while watching Phoebe.
Chapter Twenty-Six:
Holden ends his story there. He refuses to tell what happened after he went
home and how he got sick. He says that people are concerned about whether
he will apply himself next year. He tells that D.B. visits often, and he
often misses Stradlater, Ackley, and even Maurice. However, he advises not
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