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.