Character+analysis

__//**ACKLEY IS**//__ Ackley goes to Pencey Prep with Holden. He is a senior at Pencey Prep. He is very sloppy, and messy person. He has no respect for personal space, and is very nosy. He is religious and gets offended when people talk about it in a negative way. He is not one of those people that hangs out outside of the dorm. He is very ignorant and rude.

//__**STRADLATER IS**__// Stradlater is a junior in Pencey Prep. He is one of Holden's roommates. He is a ladiesman, and thinks he's a hotshot. He's not very good at english, and cares what people think of him way too much. Holden is not very fond of him, just like how he is not very fond of Ackley.

Maurice is an angry pimp who prostitutes out young women. He is fairly violent seeing as he punched Holden in his stomach because he would not pay more than the agreed upon price of 5 dollars. Then he proceeds to steal Holden's 5 dollars. The only reason Holden buys a prostitute is because he considers himself lonely and needs someone to talk to. After Maurice punches Holden, it seems as though Holden misses Maurice.
 * //__MAURICE IS A GANGSTA__//**

Mr. Antolini is Holden's former English teacher at Elkton Hills School, now teaches at New York University. Young, clever, sympathetic and likable; Holden respects him, although he drinks heavily. Holden sometimes thinks he is too clever. He is homosexual, even though he has a wife and often kisses her in public. He is said to have come onto Holden.
 * //__MR. ANTOLINI__//**

Holden's history teacher at Pencey Prep. He tries to change Holden and make him want to do better in school and to apply himself more. It doesn't work. He is old, aesthetically displeasing, "un-hip", white, hairless legs, ratty bathrope, pills and Vicks Nose Drops, he smells bad according to Holden. Also, Holden says he dosen't really listen to you when you say something. Still, Holden see's him as a peer and a friend.
 * //__OLD SPENCER/MR. SPENCER__//**

//__**HOLDEN**__// Holden is a former student at Pencey Prep. He was expelled do to bad grades. At the begining of the book, he is in a hospital, probably do to his mental stability problem. Holden throughout the book refers to peopleas being a "phony". This is very important, because throughout the book, Holden acts like those "phony's",and is being a hypocrite. He doesn't like many people, and those he does, He always finds a way to ruin the relationship between them. Holden is a HUGE smoker, and he drinks alot, he lies about his age because he is talall enough to be over 21, but he smokes all the time, no matter what



sunny is, well to put it lightly, a prostitute, and Holden rents her to have sex with her, but then holden see's her as a person, not a prostitute. so she is a little weirded out by holden, also she notices holden isn't that old. holden feels depressed when he realizes what she does during the day time when she's not banging. he imagined her walking into a store and buying a dress with noone knowing what she does at night.
 * //__SUNNY__//**

Pheobe is Holden's kid sister (10 years of age). She as described as a smart, straight "A" student. It also gives a description as a skinny red haired girl who likes to roller-skate. Other ways the book describes her as smart is because of her opinions towards good and bad movies. Also, she likes to jut into conversations that Holden and his brother were having. Not only that, but Pheobe also shows her feminine side by walking like a lady in between Holden and his brother.
 * //__Pheobe__//**



Allie died of leuchemia, http://www.leukaemia.org.au/web/index.php, which made Holden very upset; Hoden ebroke all the windows in his garage after Allie died and had to be hospitalized. Holden gives us information that is overly-factual. He states that Allie is left handed, red-headed and often writes poems on his baseball mitt in green ink. Holden refers to him as a unique individual.
 * //__Allie__//**