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ch 16 Taylor Wooley


 * Holden keeps thinking about the collection basket as he heads off to meet Sally for their date.
 * He pictures the different people he knows having to hold a collection basket. Sally's mother would only do it if everyone had to kiss her butt to make a contribution, and then she'd go to a swanky lunch. But the nuns never get to go to a swanky lunch.
 * Holden heads to Broadway to try look for a record for his sister Phoebe, "Little Shirley Beans." It's about a kid who lost her two front teeth and is too embarrassed to leave her house.
 * On the way, he sees a sort of poor-looking family come out of church and walk in front of him. The mother and father aren't really paying attention to their six-year-old kid, who's singing, "If a body catch a body coming through the rye."
 * This makes Holden feel a wee bit less depressed, for some reason.
 * He makes it to a crowded Broadway street by about noon, irritated by the fact that everyone so obviously wants to go the shows.
 * it's one thing to go to a show if there's nothing else to do, but actually wanting to go is nuts.
 * Holden makes it to a record store and pays five dollars for an apparently rare copy of "Little Shirley Beans."
 * He then makes it into a phone booth to call Jane, but hangs up when her mother answers the phone.
 * Instead, he buys orchestra seats for a show called "I Know My Love," which he figures Sally will go nuts over because it has the Lunts (famous actors) in it.
 * This leads Holden into a digression on show actors. Most of them suck, and if they don't, then they know it, and that makes them bad.
 * Holden heads over to the Mall (as in an outside area without cars, not as in an indoor shopping mall) hoping to run into Phoebe in the park.
 * Instead, he runs into a little kid about his sister's age and asks her if she knows Phoebe Caulfield.
 * She does, but isn't sure where Phoebe is. Holden helps her tighten her skates. She's a nice kid, and he asks her if she wants to have hot chocolate, but she has to go meet her friend.
 * After being rejected, Holden mopes over to the Museum of Natural History.
 * His favorite room was "the Indian Room," a long, quiet hallway you walk through with Native American displays on either side. He liked it because it never changed.
 * And with that memory, Holden puts his red hunting hat on. It's not like he's going to see anyone he knows, anyway.
 * He passes two unbalanced kids on a seesaw and tries to even out their weight by putting his hand on the side of the skinnier kid.
 * When he finally gets to the museum, he doesnt like it anymore

Chapter 16 Notes by Ellen Park After breakfast Holden buys a Little Shirley Beans Record for his sister Pheobe. He thinks about Phoebe and how she;s mature for her age and how she's really smart and can always understand what he is saying. While walking along the street he hears a boy singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye". Hearing the little boy sing this puts him into a happy mood and decides to call Jane, but hangs up when her mother answers. He then goes and buys theater tickets for the Lunts to watch with Sally and talks about how he hates the movies and how he hates the actors. Holden tries to look for Phoebe at the park but instead runs into a girl around her age and tells Holden that she was at the Natural History Museum yesterday. Thinking about his childhood memories at the museum, Holden walks there anyway. He mentions how the only thing that changes is himself and that the museum stays exactly the same. Once he arrives at the museum he doesn;t feel like going in so he go to meet Sally.

Chapter 16 Notes: Clare D.: Plot Summary:
 * After breakfast Holden goes for a walk and contemplates how no one he knows would have been generous to the nuns
 * He goes to Broadway and buys the record Little Shirley Beans for his sister Phoebe
 * He likes the singer of the record because he thinks black singers can make clean lyrics sound more grown up
 * He thinks about how smart and grown up Phoebe is for her age and how important she is to him
 * Holden then notices a boy in the street walking with his parents and he appears to be oblivious to his surroundings as he focuses on his walking while singing “If a body catch a body coming through the rye”
 * This makes him feel happier and inspires him to call Jane, but when her mother answers he hangs up
 * Then he buys tickets for his date with Sally for a show starring the Lunts
 * Holden goes to the park to see if Phoebe is skating but he runs into a girl about her age instead
 * She tells him that she is at the Natural History Museum but then remembers that it was the day before
 * Holden goes to the museum anyway thinking about his childhood he spent there
 * He thinks about when ever he goes to the museum the museum has stayed the same but he has changed

Chapter 16 By: Raivyn B It's now Sunday. Holden buys a children's record for Phoebe and thinks about how Phoebe always understands what he's really saying. While passing a church he overhears a poor little boy singing, "If a body catch a body comin through the rye." The boy's voice and innocent image makes him happy. He calls Jane, but hangs up when her mother answers. Holden buys theater tickets for his date with Sally, even though he hates actors in particular and dislikes the theater in general.Holden then heads over to the Mall, a part of the park where Phoebe often roller-skates on Sundays. He meets a girl who thinks Phoebe's at the Museum of Natural History with her class. Though it soon becomes clear that the class trip was Saturday, Holden walks to the museum anyway. Holden thinks about how comforting it is that the museum's displays are frozen in time. He says you can always go back to the museum and discover that the only thing that has changed is you yourself.But when Holden arrives at the museum he finds he doesn't want to go inside. He takes a cab to meet Sally Hayes instead.

MD Nur ====Holden is outside for a walk and thinks about the selflessness of the nuns who stand outside and collect money and ties with members of his own family who wouldn't make good good nuns. He goes to broadway and buys record called "Little Shirley Beans" for his sister Phoebe and finds particular interest in it because it is sung by a black blues singer who makes it sound better than if a white person sang it. Holden sees a boy teetering on the street curb sing " If a body catch a body coming through the rye" and he finally calls Jane but hangs up as the mother answers the call. As he prepares for his date with Sally, Holden buys tickets to a show called I Know My Love starring the Lunts. Holden wants to see Phoebe, and he goes to look for her in the park because he remembers that she often roller-skates there on Sundays. He meets a girl who knows Phoebe. At first, she tells him that his sister is on a school trip to the Museum of Natural History, but then she remembers that the trip was the previous day. Holden walks to the museum, remembering his own class trips. He focuses on the way life is frozen in the museum’s exhibits: models of Eskimos and Indians stand as though petrified and birds hang from the ceiling, seemingly in mid-flight. He remarks that every time he went to the museum, he felt that he had changed, while the museum had stayed exactly the same. ====

Ryan McDonnell- Chapter 16 Notes

After eating breakfast, Holden goes out for a walk. He thinks about the nuns and reflects on their beliefs. He goes down to Broadway to buy a record called “Little Shirley Beans” for his sister, Phoebe. He wants to get the record for her because he thinks she would like it, and the person who sings it makes it sound raunchy, not cute. He then thinks about how Phoebe, at 10, is a wonderful girl because she can understand everything about Holden. He then sees a little boy in the street who is singing “If a body catch a body coming through the rye.” This cheers him up, and decides to call Jane, but he hangs up when Jane’s mother picks up the phone. To prepare for his date with Sally, he buys 2 tickets to a show called “I Know My Love”, which starts the Lunts, people who Sally enjoys. He then goes to the park to try and find Phoebe, but instead finds somebody who knows her. She tells him that she might be in the Museum of Natural History, but then he reminds himself and the girl that it is Sunday, and she would not be going on a Sunday. Holden then walks to the museum and recalls his own trips to the museum, focusing on how life is frozen in the museum and how everything's the same in the museum, yet he completely changed since his last visit.

Grace S - Chapter 16
 * It's only 12:00 and Holden is meeting Sally at 2:00, so he decides to take a walk
 * While he's walking, he starts thinking about the nuns, and how they had the basket with them that they used for the Salvation Army. He then pictured his aunt and Sally's mother in the same position, saying that his aunt had to be all dolled up to do it, and that if no one payed attention to Sally's mom while donating, she'd quit immediately
 * Holden decides to go to a record shop in Broadway to get a record for his kid sister Phoebe. The record was called "Little Shirley Beans" and Holden complements the singer of it, Estelle Fletcher
 * In front of Holden, a family of three is walking and he believes that they're poor. The mother and father are walking on the sidewalk talking, but the little boy is walking in the street next to the curb singing a little tune. The little boy singing cheered Holden up
 * When Holden got to Broadway, it was jam packed. Everyone was on their way to the movies, and that depressed Holden
 * Holden found the record he wanted to give to Phoebe in the record store, and he's excited to give it to her. It cost $5
 * Holden decides to call up Jane to see if she was home from vacation yet. Jane's mother answered the phone, so Holden hung up. He regretted not asking her if Jane was back
 * Holden gets tickets for //I Know My Love// which is a sophisticated orchestral performance he knows Sally will like. He doesn't like "dry" things like that, but he gets the tickets anyway
 * Holden talks about how he hates actors, then starts talking about an actor he saw performing in //Hamlet// as an example.
 * Holden takes a cab to the park, but the atmosphere is depressing. He looks for Phoebe, but only sees other kids skating where she would be
 * He asks a girl her age if she knows who Phoebe is, and she recognizes the name after awhile of conversation
 * After the girl couldn't give Holden any useful information about Phoebe's whereabouts, he helps her tighten her skate and he enjoys how polite she is
 * Holden heads to the Museum anyway even though Phoebe wouldn't be there, and he's reminded of the times he and Phoebe used to go there together
 * As Holden is talking about his past experiences in the museum, he says the museum makes him really happy. He also mentions that every time you go, the only thing that changes is yourself.
 * Holden walks all the way to the museum, but then ends up not going inside. The museum didn't appeal to him anymore
 * The chapter ends with Holden taking a cab down to Biltmore and saying that he wont miss the date with Sally
 * "I'd made that damn date with Sally though"

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 * ** Holden goes for a walk after eating **
 * ** He ponders their way of life, admiring their selflessness. He thinks of the people he knows, and realizes that none of them are nearly as kind **
 * ** He goes to the record shop to buy Phoebe a record called “Little Shirley Beans” **
 * ** He liked the record because it is sung by a black singer that gives it a different style **
 * ** Holden begins to think about Phoebe, and how although she was young always understood him **
 * ** He encounters a little boy on the street singing “If a body catch a body coming through the rye”. His parents don’t notice him. **
 * ** The boy’s innocence makes Holden a little less depressed **
 * ** He tried to call Jane, but her mother answers the phone and he hangs up **
 * ** He buys theater tickets for his date with Sally to a show called “I Know My Love” **
 * Holden finishes his breakfast around noon and decides to take a walk since he has two hours to spare before his date with Sally Hayes.
 * While he is walking, Holden cannot help but think about the nuns and their collection basket.
 * Holden has no plan in mind, but finds himself walking toward Broadway and decides to stop by a record store and buy a record for Phoebe.
 * He wants to get her a rare record called Little Shirley Beans by this colored girl singer Estelle Fletcher.
 * On his way, Holden comes across a family and the little boy attracts Holden’s attention.
 * The boy is walking behind his parent who are poor.
 * But the boy is happy and sings to himself.
 * his attitude and song even help to get rid of Holden’s depression.
 * Holden enters a store and buys the record he wants to take Phoebe.
 * Then he goes to a nearby store to give Jane Gallagher a call.
 * he calls her house, but hangs up without asking for her because her mother answers the phone.
 * Holden then buys a newspaper and buys tickets for I Know My Love.
 * It is a show he doesn't care in seeing, but he thinks Sally Hayes will love it.
 * Next, Holden takes a taxi up to Central Park to look for Phoebe and give her the record.
 * Though Phoebe often visits Central Park, she is not there, so Holden starts walking toward the Museum of Natural History, reminiscing about past trips he has made there.
 * When he arrives, he changes his mind about going in. Instead, he gets a taxi and heads for the Biltmore to meet Sally Hayes.