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Chapter 22 notes by Ellen Park When Holden returns to Phoebe's room, she is still trying to ignore him, but she eventually gives in. When Phoebe asks Holden why he got expelled again, he said that it was because everyone there was a phony and that he didn't like them. Phoebe then tells Holden that he doesn't like anything and when Holden denies that, she challenges Holden to say something that he likes. Holden tries to think of something to say, but his mind starts to wander and thinks about the guy who jumped to his death after being bullied by fellow students. This leads him to think about Allie and tells Phoebe that he likes Allie. This makes her angry and she reminds Holden that Allie died. Then she goes off and asks Holden what he wants to do with his life and all Holden thinks about is what he heard the boy sing earlier, "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye". He asks Phoebe if she knows the song and she tells him that it is from a poem and its "If a body meet a body coming through the rye". Holden then goes off and tells Phoebe that he imagines children playing in a field of rye and him standing on the edge of a cliff ready to catch the kids if they fall. That all he wants to do its be a catcher in the rye all day. After this he tells Phoebe that he is going to make a phone call and will be right back.

====Holden returns to Phoebe’s room and eventually gets her to listen. He tries to explain why he fails his classes and tells her all the things he hates about school. She responds by accusing him of hating everything. He tries to refute her claim, and she challenges him to name one thing he likes. He becomes preoccupied, thinking about the nuns he met at breakfast. He also thinks about James Castle, a boy he knew at Elkton Hills School who jumped out of a window to his death while being tormented by other boys.He finally tells her that he likes Allie, and she reminds him angrily that Allie is dead. She asks what he wants to do with his life, and his only answer is to mention the lyric, “If a body catch a body comin’ through the rye.” Holden says that he imagines a gigantic field of rye on a cliff full of children playing. He wants to stand at the edge of the cliff and catch the children when they come too close to falling off—to be “the catcher in the rye.” Phoebe points out that Holden has misheard the words—the actual lyric, from the Robert Burns poem, “Coming Thro’ the Rye,” is “If a body meet a body coming through the rye.” ==== Olivia Kriwasch-period 8
 * Chapter 22 by Raivyn Brown**
 * Sujin Bang (P.8)**
 * **Holden comes back to Pheobe's room, but she tries to ignore him**
 * **Pheobe asks why he even got kicked out, and Holden says that mostly everyone there was mean phony, even the teachers. He just didn't like it**
 * **Although she refuses to face Holden, he knows Pheobe is listening to him**
 * **Then Pheobe says he doesn't like anything, and says one thing that he likes**
 * **All holden can think about are the two nuns he talked with**
 * **He also thinks about this guy named James Castle, who was at Elkton Hills and others called him conceited**
 * **When Phil and his friends went in his friends barged in to James' dorm and tried to make him take back what he said, instead of taking it back, he jumped out the window**
 * **When Holden came out of his thoughts, Pheobe was still waiting for him to answer, and Holden said "Allie", but Pheobe says that doesn't count because he is dead**
 * **Holden asks Pheobe if she has heard the sing "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye", Pheobe corrects him that its a poem, and it is 'If a body meets a body".**
 * **Holden says that whenever he hears that he keeps picturing kids plying a game on this big field of rye without any supervision except him. He says that he is standing at the edge of a cliff and he has to catch everyone if they start to go over the cliff. He would just be the catcher in the rye all day**
 * **Holden says he is going to call somebody and will come back soon**
 * ** Holden comes back to Phoebe’s room **
 * ** He tries to tell her why he failed at Pencey; he describes all the things he hates there **
 * ** Phoebe says he hates everything and he says that is a lie **
 * ** She tried to get him to name something that he likes, but he can’t think of anything **
 * ** He begins to think about the nuns at the cafe **
 * ** He also thinks about James Castle, a boy at his old school that died jumping out a window while getting beat up by other boys **
 * ** He tells Phoebe that he likes Allie, and she tells him Allie is dead **
 * ** She asks what he wants to do with his life **
 * ** He says the lyrics “If a body catch a body coming through the rye” **
 * ** He can only imagine a rye field on a cliff with children playing, and his job is to catch the children and save them from falling over the edge **
 * ** Phoebe mentions that Holden mistakes the word of the poem and they are actually “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” **

** Chapter 22 Summary - Atlee Hasson ** Holden reenters Phoebe's room after she has calmed down. Holden tries his best to change the topic, but Phoebe still stresses that "Daddy'll kill you." Phoebe seems to get anxious, picking at her injured arm, and asks Holden why he got kicked out. Holden tells Phoebe all about Pencey and how most of the guys were phonies, mean, or lousy. He also mentions how Robert Ackley was excluded from groups and how it was mean, although in previous chapters Holden didn't mention any concern about that. Holden tells of phony teachers, including Mr. Spencer, even though once again he did not show that he believed Mr. Spencer was phony in previous chapters. Phoebe asks Holden what he likes, because she believes he doesn't like anything. Unable to concentrate, Holden is speechless for a while, recalling a memory of a boy at Elkton Hills, James Castle, jumping out of a window and dying after being harassed by other students in his room. Holden tells Phoebe he likes Allie, and also tells about what he'd like to be. Holden says, even though he admits it is crazy, that he would want to catch children about to fall of a cliff as they played in a rye field. Holden then steps out of Phoebe's room to call a former teacher of his, Mr. Antolini.

When he comes back in, Phoebe has taken the pillow off her head, but still won't look at him. She tells him their father will kill him, and Holden says that he'll just send him off to military school. Holden says he'll probably run away to Colorado to work on a ranch, but Phoebe points out he doesn't even know how to ride a horse. She asks him why he failed out again. Holden explains that the school was full of phonies and that everyone would ignore guys like Robert Ackley simply because they were pimply or boring: "I just didn't like anything that was happening at Pencey." Phoebe responds "You don't like anything that's happening," and challenges him to name one thing he likes. Holden tells us he thinks about the question, but can't concentrate. He thinks about the nuns he saw at Grand Central Station, and about a scrawny boy he knew at Elkton Hills prep named James Castle. Castle had called a classmate of theirs conceited, and refused to take it back when the classmate and a group of his friends tried to force him to recant. Finally, when they kept abusing him, he threw himself out the window. Holden remembers seeing him dead in a puddle of blood on the steps outside, and that Castle was wearing a sweater Holden had lent him. He notes that he didn't know Castle well, but remembers that his name always came directly before his own in the alphabetical roll call.
 * Ch 22 Notes **

Finally, Holden responds that he likes Allie, and he likes the conversation he's having with her right now, but Phoebe cuts him off to say that Allie is dead and thus doesn't count. Holden responds that he certainly does count, especially since Allie was "about a thousand times nicer" than anyone else.Phoebe then challenges him to name something he'd like to be, like a scientist, or a lawyer like their father. Holden says being a lawyer is fine if you save people's lives, but that generally "All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink martinis and look like a hot-shot.". Holden asks Phoebe if she remembers the song "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye." She corrects him, noting that it's from a poem by Robert Burns, and that it's "If a body meet a body...." Holden says that he had pictured thousands of little kids playing in a field, without anybody older around except for him. He has to catch them from going off a cliff at the end of the field - he would be "the catcher in the rye." Phoebe doesn't know what to say to this, except that their father is going to kill Holden for getting kicked out of another school. Holden leaves the room to call a former teacher of his from Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini, apparently one of the few adults he trusts.
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__Catcher in the Rye __ – Chapter 22 Notes
 * Holden comes back into Phoebe’s room to find her very upset and unable to look at him.
 * When Holden sits near her, Phoebe turns away and “ostracizes” him, which he compares to the way his fencing team from Pencey did.
 * Holden tries to make conversation by asking Phoebe about Hazel Weatherfield, but Phoebe doesn’t wanna hear it and reassures Holden that their dad would “kill him”.
 * Holden tries to persuade Phoebe that the father won’t kill him, that he’ll just yell at him and try to send him to military school, although Holden claims by that point he’ll already be at some ranch in Colorodo.
 * Phoebe completely invalidates his thought process, stating that he can’t even ride a horse.
 * Holden asks Phoebe who gave her the “stupid short haircut” that she had, although Phoebe wouldn’t tell him, which prompted him to think of her as snotty. She proves his point by supposing that he failed every subject in school again.
 * Holden proves her wrong by telling her he passed English, and then proceeds to pinch her.
 * Phoebe asks Holden why he failed out of school, and she gets emotional for him. Holden basically summarizes how badly the school stinks, and that it’s the fault of the school, not him.
 * Phoebe interrupts Holden a few times by telling him not to swear so much.
 * After Holden is finished, Phoebe calls him out on the fact that he doesn’t particularly like anything with a passion.
 * Holden is maddened by this, gets offended, and then gets defensive; stating that he likes plenty of things.
 * To prove him wrong, Phoebe asks Holden to name one thing he truly cares about.
 * As he’s trying to think of one, he recalls this story about a boy named James Castle, who ended up jumping out a window and killing himself to avoid some sort of abuse from other boys.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He remembers that he didn’t know James well, and he only really remembered that their names were next to each other during role call in school.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">As Phoebe persists with her question, Holden states that he likes Allie.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe basically tells him that it doesn’t count because Allie is dead, and Holden flips out at her, stating that he can still like him even though he’s dead.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After an awkward moment of silence, Holden proceeds to tell Phoebe that he likes sitting and talking with her.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe said that wasn’t really a thing, and Holden fights her saying that it abstractly is a thing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After condemning Holden for swearing again, Phoebe asks him what he’d like to be when he gets older.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holden says maybe a lawyer, but then rants prates about everything that’s wrong with lawyers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe restates that their father is going to kill him, and admonishes him for swearing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holden says he wants to be a “catcher in the rye” and just catch children in his fantasy world of children that run around in a rye field and says he’d want to save them if they came too close to a cliff.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phoebe reiterates that their dad will kill Holden, but he’s sick of hearing about that, so he gets up.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holden decides that he wants to phone up an old teacher of his (Mr. Antolini) who now lives in New York and works at NYU.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holden tells Phoebe not to fall asleep, as he doesn’t want her to fall asleep while he’s in the living room.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holden is halted by Phoebe, is told that she has been taking belching lessons from a girl named Phyllis Margulies, and proceeds to show off for him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He hears a faint sound, tells her it’s good, then calls Mr. Antolini.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Steven Kendikian, p.1)

Chapter 22: Bri Hewlett (p.8)


 * Phoebe is hiding her head under the pillow because she figured out that Holden got kicked out of school again
 * Phoebe questioned whether he failed all subjects and Holden says he passed English
 * Holden then had to explain why he got kicked out again and he said it was because he didn’t like the school, but there was probably more going on than that
 * Holden also says that the school was filled with phonies
 * Phoebe calls Holden out because he doesn’t like anything and tells him to name one thing he likes- Holden can’t think of anything until he says Allie
 * While thinking about things that he liked, Holden tells us a story of how one kid jumped out of a window at Elkton Hills because he was being bullied and the kids only got expelled. They didn’t even go to jail
 * Phoebe says Holden doesn’t like anything/anyone who is living
 * Holden says he likes to just talk with Phoebe – he wants company and not to be lonely
 * Holden says he wants to be the catcher in the rye- “ I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all” (191)
 * Holden leaves to call Mr. Antolini