Flashcards: Kolacki Catcher in the Rye Character List
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marianakolacki on November 24, 2009
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This extensive list of characters will help anyone on a quiz or test. HINT: When answering, shoot for answering with first AND last names when they apply.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Phoebe Caulfield | younger sister to Holden; very smart; writes her own stories. |
| D.B. Caulfield | works as a Hollywood screenwriter otherwise known as "prostituting" in Holden terms. |
| Holden's mom | very nervous woman that still grieves with the loss of Allie. |
| Holden's dad | works as a lawyer and wants to see Holden make something of himself. |
| Charlene | maid to the Holden household; deaf in one ear because her brother jammed a straw down into her ear canal. |
| Dicksteins | live across the hall in the apartment building where Holden lives. |
| Pete | the usual doorman. |
| Mr. Spencer | history teacher at Pencey; gives Holden an in house lecture about how life is a game. |
| Mrs. Spencer | obliging wife that can't hear for beans. |
| Rudolf Schmidt | janitor at Holden's dorm. |
| Ward Stradlater | narcissist; secret slob; goes out with Jane and never reveals what happens. |
| Robert Ackley | annoying, pimply neighbor on Holden's floor at Pencey; literal slob. |
| Mr. Thurmer | headmaster at Pencey. |
| Selma Thurmer | daughter to the headmaster and admired by Holden for some of her most honest qualities, minus the 'falsies'. |
| Ossenburger | used to go to Pencey's and donated money to the school; got a dorm wing named after himself. |
| Edgar Marsalla | farted during Ossenburger's speech in the chapel. |
| Mr. Haas | phony headmaster at Elkton Hills. |
| Jane Gallagher | dream girl of Holden from when he lived in Maine. |
| Mr. Cudahy | drunkard married to Jane's mom; might have made a pass at Jane. |
| Mal Brossard | went out with Ackley and Holden to get a bite to eat in town. |
| Ed Banky | basketball coach at Pencey; lent his car to Stradlater. |
| Frederick Woodruff | borrowed Holden's typewriter; ended up buying it for 20 instead of 90. |
| Ernest Morrow | very annoying kid that hits people with towels. |
| Ernest Morrow's mom | only wants to talk about her son ; meets Holden on the train. |
| Carl Luce | went to Whooton with Holden; talked about nothing but sex with all of the guys on the floor. |
| Faith Cavendish | to be a burlesque dancer; only wants to hear about Edmund as she talks on the phone with Holden. |
| Edmund Birdsell | gave Holden Faith Cavendish's number; used to attend Princeton. |
| Hazel Weatherfield | detective character that Phoebe writes about. |
| Bernice | best dancer of the three; blonde and hates profanity. |
| Laverne | works with Bernice and Marty in Seattle. |
| Marty | claims to see Gary Cooper in the Lavender Room. |
| Ernie | piano player and owner of Ernie's bar. |
| Horwitz | driver that discusses what happens to the ducks in the lagoon at Central Park. |
| Lillian Simmons | used to go out with D.B.; very annoying recollection at Ernie's. |
| Raymond Goldfarb | : bought a pint of Scotch with Holden and drank it in the chapel one Saturday night; from Whooton School. |
| Maurice | pimp that sees control over Sunny; also works as an elevator operator at the Edmond hotel. |
| Sunny | prostitute that Holden hires from the Edmond hotel. |
| Bobby Fallon | used to play with Holden in Maine; went to Lake Sedebego on their bikes. |
| Arthur Childs | Whooton School; grew up as a Quaker and often debated with Holden over the importance of the disciples. |
| Sally Hayes | Holden's fling; not very smart despite her taste in theatre; loves the Lunts, and is very attractive. |
| Dick Slagle | roomed with Holden at Elkton Hills; used to arrange suitcases so that Holden's expensive ones appeared to be his own. |
| Nuns | teachers from Chicago coming to teach in New York; one studies English and the other in History; long discussion on Romeo and Juliet. |
| Louis Shaney | Catholic boy at Whooton School; they met while taking their annual physical; he always wondered if Holden was Catholic. |
| Estelle Fletcher | African American singer for the album, "Little Shirley Beans." |
| Miss Aigletinger | teacher that took Holden's class to the museum of Natural History. |
| Gertrude Levine | partner for when Holden used to go to the Museum of Natural History. |
| Harris Macklin | boring roommate at Elkton Hills and only roomed with him for 2 months; constantly whistled, but was the best Holden has ever heard. |
| Valencia | singer in the Wicker Bar. |
| Alice Holmborg | best friend of Phoebe; went to the movie and her mom kept bugging her if she was sick (Doctor). |
| Curtis Weintraub | boy in Phoebe's class; has a crush on her |
| James Castle | called Phil Stabile conceited and coincidentally fell out of the window in his dorm. |
| Phil Stabile | confronts James Castle about his comments towards him. |
| Mr. Antolini | Holden's favorite teacher at Elkton Hills; helped carry James Castle to the infirmary. |
| Mrs. Antolini | older than her husband; yells a lot and hates to be seen without makeup. |
| Phyllis Margulies | gave Phoebe belching lessons |
| Allie Caulfield | dead brother of Holden; died July 18, 1946 |
| Holden Caufield | character; being kicked out of Pencey Prep. |
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