The Catcher in the Rye Group

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jock1
jock1
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High School - 12th Grade

Why is Holden expelled from Pency? What are his reasons for disliking school?

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Posted by jock1 on Monday August 31, 2009 at 2:53 PM and tagged with characters, holden, pency.

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  1. ask996 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Holden's life begins to spiral out of control as he is expelled from Pency two weeks before Christmas for failing 4 of his 5 classes. In all actuallity his dislike for school is just a manifestation of his anger and failure to deal with the death of his brother Allie, but Holden's explanation with regard to why he dislikes school is that they are all "phonies".

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    Posted by ask996 on Saturday September 5, 2009 at 8:02 AM