Holden Caulfield: is the narrator; teenager; prep school kid; swears a lot; possibly gay; always getting into trouble; pays a prostitute to talk; talks in a passive voice; smoking addict; alcoholic; liar; irritable;
D.B. Caulfield: Holden's older brother; writer; works in Hollywood as a screenwriter; was in the war on D-day
Selma Thurmer: Headmaster's daughter; not the prettiest girl; isn't arrogant.
Robert Tichener & Paul Campbell: students at Pency that got in trouble with Holden.
Mr. Zambesi: biology teacher.
Mrs. Spencer: teacher's wife; poor compared to Holden; deaf; optimistic/peppy.
Mr. Spencer: History teacher; worries about Holden; has the flu.
Dr. Thurmer: headmaster of Pency.
Mr. Hass: headmaster of Elkton Hills; phony.
Ossenburger: a former student of Pency; a donator to Pency; rich; arrogant; phony.
Marsalla: student at Pency.
Ward Stradlater: Holden's roommate; not a nice guy; beats up Holden; senior.
Robert Ackley: Holden's neighbor in the dorms; no sense of hygiene; annoying; no sense of personal space; senior.
Jane Gallagher: Holden's ex-neighbor, likes playing checkers; Stradlater's girlfriend by last resort; dancer; parents divorced; stepfather is a nudist and a drunk.
Mel Brossard: Holden's friend; wrestler; likes bridge.
Allie Caulfield: Holden's little brother; dies of leukemia at the age of 11; Holden didn't react well to that.
Ely: Ackley's roommate who goes home every weekend.
Ed Banky: Basketball coach; bends the rules; lets Stradlater use his car to have sex with girls.
Leahy and Hoffman: students that live on the same floor Holden does.
Holden's mom: hysterical; nice; touchy; bought him the wrong kind of skates; nervous; "sick".
Holden's dad: rich; failed projects; ex-catholic.
Holden's grandmother: crazy; wealthy; send Holden birthday money four times a year.
Ernest Morrow: Jerk; weirdo; thinks he's all that.
Morrow's mother: knows nothing about her son; nice; non-phony; sexy; polite.
Faith Cavendish: prostitute; burlesque stripper.
Eddie Birdsell: Holden's acquaintance; brought Faith to a Princeton party.
Phoebe Caulfield: smart; skinny; pretty; Knows what good and not; very emotional; affectionate; stubborn.
Bernice: Blonde; good dancer; stupid.
Marty: corny; stupid; foolish.
Laverne: witty; stupid; repetitive.
Mr.Cudahy: boozehound; Jane's stepfather; asks stupid questions; walks around naked.
Ernie: owner of a nightclub; snob; pianist; phony.
Horwitz: a cab driver; sore.
Lillian Simmons: D.B.'s old girlfriend; fake; unliked; condensing.
Commander Blop: navy; pansy; Lillian's date.
Sunny: prostitute; nervous; impatient.
Maurice: liar; elevator man; moron; bully; pimp; cheater
Nun 1: English teacher; wire glass; nice; pretty; big nose.
Nun 2: History teacher.
Dick Slagle: poor; inferiority complex; likes saying bourgeois; humorous.
Louis Shaney: Catholic; likes tennis.
Gertrude Levine: a creepy kid in Holden class when she was a kid; always wanted to hold hands.
Harris Macklin: intelligent; bore; raspy voice; never stops talking; good whistler.
Sally Hayes: likes the Lunts, snotty; snobby; phony; realist; pessimistic;
George: phony; girl's voice; preppy; jerk; attempted girl snatching.
Carl Luce: fat; smart; conceited; "big shot", Student advisor.
Tina: piano player; French.
Janine: singer; French; poor English.
Valencia: singer; better than Janine, ignored Holden.
Piano player: poor piano player; blonde; cranky; witty; handsome.
The girl at the checkout: nice; liked his hat; considerate.
Mr.Antolini: swanky; poetic;
Mrs. Lillian Antolini: old; older than Antolini; smoke aholic.
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The Catcher in the Rye
RandomThe Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. Since it was written in 1951, it is...
