This catches Holden off guard, since he knows Jane Gallagher-he spent time with her when she lived next-door to him two years ago when his family summered in Maine. When Holden asks why he’s returned so early from the football game, he reveals that he’s on a date with a girl named Jane Gallagher. Later, his conceited and good-looking roommate, Ward Stradlater, bounds into the room. Once he’s back in his room, Holden is confronted by his irritating neighbor, Ackley, who interrupts him as he tries to read.
Consequently, he lies and says that he has to leave to collect his things, though he simply returns to his dorm room to read. Spencer forces him to read aloud an unsatisfactory essay he wrote about the Ancient Egyptians, and this makes Holden resent him, since he already knows that he didn’t put enough effort into the assignment. Spencer, but actually thinks that his teacher is something of a “phony.” As the conversation continues, Mr. As he listens, Holden pretends to agree with Mr. This, Spencer insists, is an important thing to internalize as Holden plans for his future. Thurmer, has already told him-namely, that life is a game which ought to be played by the rules. Spencer lectures Holden by agreeing with what the headmaster, Dr. Instead of going to the game, Holden, who has just been expelled for failing four of his five classes, visits Mr.
Holden’s story begins at his school, Pencey Prep, on the day of an annual football game that all of the students normally attend. Writing from a rest home where he’s recuperating from an unidentified ailment, Holden Caulfield says he’ll tell the story of what happened to him just before the previous Christmas.
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