The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recovering in a rest home from a nervous breakdown,in the 1950s. Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of his psychological meltdown in New York City. Holden has been expelled from Pencey becuase she failed, and after an unpleasant evening with his self-satisfied roommate Stradlater and their neighbor Ackley, he decides to …showed first 75 words of 1075 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1075 total…to be in her late 30s. Holden considers Luce to be effeminate and possibly deviant, but he claims to find him amusing. Mr. Antolini - Holden's former English teacher at the Elkton Hills School, now a teacher at New York University. Mr. Antolini is young, clever, sympathetic and likable, and Holden seems to respect him. But Mr. Antolini sometimes seems a bit too clever to Holden, and he also appears to have a drinking problem.