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The Catcher in the Rye CharactersMeet the Cast
Holden Caulfield
Holden and the Rest of the World Holden is everybody's favorite judgmental cynic. He also has a...
Phoebe Caulfield
Holden talks his sister up to no end. She's the smartest kid ever, he assures us, as well as a gr...
Allie Caulfield
Holden's digression into Allie's baseball mitt is a fantastic example of how narration works in <...
D.B. Caulfield
D.B. is Holden's older brother is a screenwriter in Hollywood. He used to write great stories ...
Jane Gallagher
Sex is complicated. But for Holden, and specifically for Holden's relationship with Jane, it's re...
Sally Hayes
Sally is like a lot of girls for Holden. Sure, she's attractive, but ultimately she's kind of sha...
Mr. Antolini
Let's just cut right to the chase. Does Mr. Antolini come on to Holden? The answer is…it's...
Mr. Spencer
Mr. Spencer is old. And aesthetically displeasing. Holden doesn't really get past that, which mea...
Stradlater
Believe it or not, Holden devotes significant text time to telling us about Stradlater. He's an a...
Ackley
Ackley is dirty, pimply, and all-around unhygienic. Holden really doesn't like this guy. He's ann...
The Two Nuns
The nuns are yet another example of a minor character (or in this case, a set of minor characters...
Carl Luce
In Chapter Nineteen, Holden admits that the main reason he called his childhood friend Carl Luce,...
Maurice
Holden misses Maurice. Let's just start with that. Maurice is an angry pimp who prostitutes out a...
Sunny
Sunny is supposed to be the first girl Holden ever has sex with. At least, he thinks so at first....
Dr. Thurmer
The headmaster of Pencey Prep. Clearly a phony.
Selma Thurmer
The headmaster's daughter. Clearly knows her father is a phony jerk. Wears "falsies."
Ossenburger
The rich alumnus that made all his money from inexpensive funeral parlors. Gives boring speeches...
Herb Gale, a.k.a. Ely
Robert Ackley's roommate, who never makes an appearance.
Edgar Marsalla
The Pencey boy that "laid [a] terrific fart" during Ossenburger's big speech, making the event wo...
Ed Banky
The basketball coach. He lends Stradlater his car for dates.
Mal Brossard
A "friend" of Holden's at Pencey. On the wrestling team. He goes to the movies with Holden and (b...
Mrs. Schmidt
The janitor's wife.
Ernest Morrow
A guy at Pencey. Holden meets his mother on the train.
Mrs. Morrow
An attractive woman and a classmate's mother that Holden meets on the train. He spins some entert...
Rudolf Schmidt
The janitor at Ossenburger Hall that lends his name to Holden's fictional persona on the train aw...
Mrs. Hayes
Sally Hayes's mother. She thinks Holden is "wild" and not a big fan of him going out with her dau...
Faith Cavendish
A "friend" of Eddie Birdsell. Not exactly loose, but she doesn't mind doing it once in a while.
Eddie Birdsell
A Princeton guy Holden met at party.
Bernice
The attractive blonde that Holden dances with in the Lavender Room. She's a lousy conversationali...
Mrs. Spencer
Mr. Spencer's wife.
Marty
One of Bernice's unattractive friends.
Laverne
Bernice's unattractive friend.
Mr. Cudahy
Jane's alcoholic stepfather. He may or may not have "tried something" with Jane, but regardless,...
Horwitz
Cab driver #2 for Holden. He's not as concerned with the ducks as he is with the fishes, which he...
Ernie
The amazing piano player at Ernie's. He takes himself really seriously and bows after he plays, w...
Joe Yale-Looking Guy
Guy that Holden sees at Ernie's. This guy gives his date a feel under the table while telling her...
The Navy Guy
Lillian's date. This guy doesn't really like Lillian, but is probably with her for her "big knock...
Raymond Goldfarb
A guy at the Whooton School that Holden got drunk with in the chapel.
Bobby Fallon
A childhood friend of Holden and participant in the famous "Allie, go get your bike and meet me i...
Arthur Childs
A Quaker whom Holden knew at the Whooton School, who, unlike Holden, was a fan of the disciples.
Dick Slagle
Holden's very short-term roommate at Elkton Hills. Dick was the owner of some very inexpensive su...
Miss Aigletinger
One of Holden's elementary school teachers. She "never got sore," which is a nice quality for tea...
Gertrude Levine
Holden's side-by-side partner for the walk through the museum. Gertrude always wanted to hold (st...
Harris Macklin
A big bore from Elkton Hills, but the greatest whistler ever.
George Something
The phony guy that Sally talks to at the matinee. George is a big social climber who went to Ando...
Al Pike
A guy that Jane Gallagher dated once. She said he had an inferiority complex.
Bob Robinson
Bob Robinson has an inferiority complex, according to Holden, but girls think he's simply arrogant.
Roberta Walsh's Roommate
The girl who thinks Bob Robinson is arrogant.
Tina and Janine
Two French entertainers at the Wicker Bar at the swanky Seton Hotel.
Valencia
The sexy woman who performs after Tina and Janine at the Wicker Bar.
Pete
The regular elevator boy. Thankfully AWOL when Holden goes home.
The Dicksteins
Holden's neighbors.
James Castle
A boy at Elkton Hills that killed himself while wearing Holden's turtleneck sweater. See "Symbols...
Alice Holmborg
A friend of Phoebe's at school who showed her how to belch.
Mrs. Antolini, a.k.a. Lillian
Mr. Antolini's wife. Mrs. Antolini is old, not too attractive, wealthy. (For more, check out Mr....
Richard Kinsella
One of Holden's classmates in Oral Expression class. He's a spinner of fantastic digressions that...
Mr. Vinson
Mr. Vinson is Holden's Oral Expression teacher. According to Holden, he's "very intelligent and a...
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