Sunday, August 22, 2010

Setting of a Catcher in the Rye

The fisrt setting of this story is at Pencey Prep. This is Holden's highschool. He did not really describe the actual school much, but he did describe the dorms. The dorms were all connected and there was a common room for everyone with couches and bookshelves. There were bathrooms in between each room to and people could go through these and get to the other rooms. The next setting is New York. To be more specific, Holden's hotel. His hotel is not very nice, and he does not spend much time in here. He, instead, goes to a bar and a club. The club is very dark and crowded with tables and people. There is a piano player there. The next setting is at his home. It is a very nice, upscale New York apartment. It is very fancy too. The last important settings are the school and the carousel. The school is where Holden sees all the curse words written on the all and we learn just how innocent he is. The last scene, the carousel, is very important. This is where he tells Phoebe he is leaving and she begs him to stay, and he does.

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