Catcher in The rye

The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recovering in a rest home from a nervous breakdown,in the 1950s. Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of his psychological meltdown in New York City. Holden has been expelled from Pencey becuase she failed, and after an unpleasant evening with his self-satisfied roommate Stradlater and their neighbor Ackley, he decides to …

…to be in her late 30s. Holden considers Luce to be effeminate and possibly deviant, but he claims to find him amusing. Mr. Antolini - Holden's former English teacher at the Elkton Hills School, now a teacher at New York University. Mr. Antolini is young, clever, sympathetic and likable, and Holden seems to respect him. But Mr. Antolini sometimes seems a bit too clever to Holden, and he also appears to have a drinking problem.