Later on that night he finds a bar heвЂ™s able to get drinks at and gets completely wasted which forces him to fumble home where he runs into his little sister, Phoebe, home alone because his parents are out. Obviously she tells him no, hoping that heвЂ™s not serious which results in them arguing and Holden telling Sally вЂњYou give me a real pain in the ass, if you want to know the truthвЂќ (Salinger 133) and everything going even farther downhill for Holden. Waking up to Antolini stroking Holden 's forehead, Holden quick y leaves and goes to sleep on a bench in Grand Central Holden, unable to hide his exhaustion, sleeps on Anolini 's couch. Antolini, who invites Holden to come to his apartment. Holden then calls his old englsih teacher, Mr. Phoebe makes Holden tell her that he has once again been expelled, but Holden attempts to defend himslef with reasons he hates school and he tells Pheobe of his dream to be the catcher in the rye, a man who catches children before they fall off of a cliff. Now drunk, Holden snekas into his apartment and wakes his sister, Pheobe. Quickly coming up with an excuse to leave, the irritated Carl Luce leaves Holden to himself who stays to drink and listen to music. When Stradlater arrives, Holden immediatly questions him about his night and asks вЂ¦show more contentвЂ¦ After sharing a few drinks, Holden starts making remarks toawrds remarks Carl 's chinese girlfriend. Once arriving at his dorm Holden learns that his roomate, Stradlater, is going to spend the evening with Jane Galllagher, and women that Holden has dated and still cares a good bit for. Upon arriving, Spencer begins scalding Holden on his poor acedemic performance and irritated at this, Holden leaves to go to his dorm. Holden decides that he has watched enough of the game and leaves to visit his history teacher Spencer, that he rather fond of one last time. At Pencey Holden has failed four out of five classes and is once again being expelled from this school. He is currently attending Pencey Prep school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. At this time, Holden is sixteen years old and has already failed out of three schools. Holden is overlooking a sporting event on a nearby hill in first sentence. Show More The book is set in the 1950 's and starts with the main character, Holden Caulfield, narrating the story while being in a mental or sanatarium of an unspecified location.

The catcher in the rye short summary