The Catcher in the Rye
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
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Phoniness
Alienation and Meltdown
Women and Sex
Childhood and Growing Up
Madness, Depression, Suicide
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Holden Caulfield
Phoebe Caulfield
Mr. Antolini
Jane Gallagher
Ward Stradlater
Robert Ackley
Sally Hayes
Allie Caulfield
D.B. Caulfield
Mr. Spencer
James Castle
Faith Cavendish
Carl Luce
Maurice
Sunny
Horwitz
Bernice Krebs
Ernest’s Mother (Mrs. Morrow)
Ernie
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The Catcher in the Rye
Holden’s Red Hunting Hat
The Ducks in the Lagoon in Central Park
The Museum of Natural History
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Themes
All Themes
Phoniness
Alienation and Meltdown
Women and Sex
Childhood and Growing Up
Madness, Depression, Suicide
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Holden Caulfield
Phoebe Caulfield
Mr. Antolini
Jane Gallagher
Ward Stradlater
Robert Ackley
Sally Hayes
Allie Caulfield
D.B. Caulfield
Mr. Spencer
James Castle
Faith Cavendish
Carl Luce
Maurice
Sunny
Horwitz
Bernice Krebs
Ernest’s Mother (Mrs. Morrow)
Ernie
Symbols
All Symbols
The Catcher in the Rye
Holden’s Red Hunting Hat
The Ducks in the Lagoon in Central Park
The Museum of Natural History
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Flashbacks
Frame Story
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Setting
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
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