Catcher_in_the_Rye

Catcher in the Rye "She was ostracizing the hell out of me," Holden says. "Just like the fencing team at Pencey when I left all the goddam foils on the subway." This reference brings you back to the very beginning of the story, the fifth paragraph of the novel, when he talked about the fencing foils. Maybe it's an indication that Holden has come full circle, that he hasn't accomplished anything, that he's right back where he started. There's another full-circle reference later in this chapter, when Holden says he's going to visit a former teacher of his. Its likely that Salinger is trying to direct our attention to the beginning of the story. Phoebe talks to Holden "like a goddam schoolteacher," and he responds as he might to an older person, catcher, rye, holden, he's, story, says, really, presses, pencey, goddam, foils, fencing, complaining, back, about, phoebe, world, won't, whining, visit, very, trying, trouble, tries, title, think, there's, terrible, talks, talked, subway, started, source, small, schoolteacher, school, salinger, rye, right, response, responds, reference, prevent, place, petulant, person, out, ostracizing, older, novel, name, maybe, manner