What was an event in The Catcher in the Rye that was significant?

Question

Name an event in the Catcher in the rye that was significant for Holdens journey in New York. it must be in NEw york. and why is that significant??

Answer 1

going home to talk to phoebe, cause it shows that he can get away from his depression

u can elaborate urself

Answer 2

Rather than return to his family home in New York City, he decides to spend a few days in the city on his own. Because he is overly critical, and the fact that he points out faults of people only to exhibit them later, Holden is widely considered to be an unreliable narrator, and the details and events of his story are apt to be distorted by his point of view. Nonetheless, it is his story to tell.

Holden has actually been expelled from Pencey Prep; he is required to leave the school for good, once vacation begins, but instead he secretly leaves a few days before his scheduled departure date, late one night after having a particularly depressing day with the people in his orbit.


Holden loiters around New York City, drinking heavily and meeting various people. He visits Club Ernie's, but he is disappointed by the "phonies" who visit the club. He becomes increasingly depressed as he spends more time there, observing those around him and judging their hypocrisy.

Holden encounters a pimp at his hotel, the Edmont. He hires the pimp's prostitute, Sunny, but when she comes to his room, Holden cannot bring himself to have sex with her. He pays her, instead, to talk about life with him. Later, she leaves – but only to return with the pimp, who extorts another $5 from him forcibly.

Later, he has a date with one of his previous girlfriends, Sally Hayes. They go ice skating at Rockefeller Center and see the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall. The experience leaves him more depressed, as he realizes that they do not have much in common. Holden tells her about a plan he has had for a long time to go out to the west coast and build a cabin and live off the land. Sally rejects him and his idea, especially after Holden frustratedly blurts out that she's "a royal pain in the ***

Answer 3

The prostitute in the hotel, and how he acted.