Essay About Older Brother D.B. And Red Hunting Cap

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Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye starts off with the main character, Holden
Caulfield, being expelled from school once again. Holden is a sixteen year old
boy who has been expelled on numerous occasions from other schools. This time
he is being expelled from Pency Prep. Before Holden goes home to his parents,
he plans to spend a few days in New York. His parents do not know of the
expulsion, so he spends the weekend in a hotel. Holden is a pretty strange kid
who can always find a way to get himself into trouble. Holden constantly talks
about how he hates phony people and phony words. He complains of how the head
master Thurman of Pency Prep is a phony person. Holden says he is the kind of
guy who will treat you bad, but will act polite and nice to your parents when
they visit. Holden basically decides that almost everyone he meets in his life
is a phony. He even gets disgusted with the advertisement for Pency Prep. The
picture of the horse jumping over a fence is a false image in his opinion. He
says that he has never even seen a horse on the campus. Holden is also very
curious. Of all things, he wonders where the ducks go when the pond freezes
over in the park. He loves his red hunting cap that he bought for a dollar.
The cap serves as his way to be an individual. Stradtler is his roommate and
they are fairly good friends. Stradtler is two years older than him so he is
always going out on dates and has to listen to Holden question him. One time
Stradtler goes out with one of Holden’s long time friends, Jane Gallagher,
and he has to listen to an earful from Holden. Ackley is Holden’s
neighbor and they are all right friends. Ackley is the kind of guy though who
can get on anybody’s nerves in a heart beat. Ackley and Stradtler despise
of each other and rarely talk. Ackley is very nosy and Holden does not
understand why he puts up with Ackley’s nonsense. Holden has a dead
brother Allie, an older brother D.B., who is a writer, and a younger sister
Phoebe. He does not talk much with D.B. While in New York, Holden tries to get in
touch with many of his