The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong

English 9th

04/17/12

Ch. 6 Summary

Stradlater comes back from a date with Jean. The narrator is anxious about either Jean or Stradlater’s homework. When he comes into the room and changes, he asks if the narrator did his homework. He checks it and becomes irritated because the narrator wrote about a baseball mitt, not a house or room as he asked for. The narrator takes the paper and tears it. After a long time without conversation, the narrator asks if Stradlater asked Jean his regards; he did not. Stradlater tells him that he gave her the time in his basketball coach’s car the whole time instead of going to New York. He does not even know if her name is Jean or Jane. This time, the narrator becomes furious and annoys Stradlater with the words he hates. Finally, Stradlater punches the narrator in the face which made him worried if he broke the narrator’s skull or any bones. The narrator thinks that Ackley might have heard everything that happened between him and Stradlater.

The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong

English 9th

04/12/12

Chapter 5

On every Saturday night, Pencey Prep feeds the students steak. They give it because parents come to see their children on Sunday, and they might ask, “what did you have for dinner last night?” After dinner, the narrator goes to the movies with his friend Mal Brossard and Ackley. However, they don’t watch a movie but eat hamburgers and play the pinball machine. When the narrator comes back, he starts Stradlater’s homework; he decided to write about his little brother Allie, who passed away of leukemia. Allie was a very intelligent boy who was loved by his teachers and had red hair. He liked playing golf and baseball. The narrator says that he became angry and disturbed when his brother died. He finishes the homework by writing about his brother writing and reading poems on his baseball mitt. The narrator hears Ackley’s snore.

The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong

English 9th

04/10/12

Chapter 4

Stradlater asks the narrator to do his homework while he is out meeting a girl. The narrator hesitates, but agrees to his favor. Stradlater tells the narrator that his date, Jean Gallagher, knows him. That shocked the narrator. He starts talking about her and her family to Stradlater even though it doesn’t interest him. He asks Stradlater to say hello to Jean for him. After Stradlater went out for a date, Ackely came in again, but this time, the narrator was happy to see him because he made the narrator forget about doing something serious like Stradlater’s homework.

The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong

English 9th

04/05/12

Chapter 3

  The narrator begins the chapter with the story of which dorm he lived and who was his roommate. The narrator was junior and his roommate was a senior, whose name was Stradlater. The narrator also mentions about his dorm, which was named after Ossenburger. Ossenburger was once a Pencey student, who “made a pot of dough in the undertaking business” after graduating Pencey Prep. Now, the narrator is in his dorm room reading Out of Africa that he accidently borrowed from the library. A kid named Ackely, who has mossy and awful teeth, came in and starts conversation with the narrator. However, the narrator doesn’t enjoy Ackely in his room and touching his belongings. Ackely shows his hatred of Stradlater while talking to the narrator. Finally, Stradlater comes in.

The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong

04/02/12

Chapter 2

The narrator went into Mr. Spencer’s room. He was rapped with the blanket. The narrator tells him that he came to say good-bye to the teacher and that he is going to leave Pencey Prep. The narrator says that he just came back from New York with the fencing team. Mr. Spencer tells the narrator that his essay was too short, but he left a little note on the bottom of it; he thinks the narrator felt bad for him flunking him down. The narrator doesn’t want to stay at the Spencers anymore. He said good-bye to Mr. Spencer and left.