Spencer admitting that he was not interested in the Egyptians despite SpencerвЂ™s interesting lectures, noting that he would accept if Mr. At the end of the exam, Holden left a note for Mr. Spencer reads him his exam essay about the Egyptians, which is woefully inadequate. Spencer says that he met with HoldenвЂ™s parents, who are вЂњgrandвЂќ people, but Holden dismisses that word as вЂњphony.вЂќ Spencer then tells Holden that he failed him in History because he knew nothing. Holden recounts that, at sixteen, he is over six feet tall and has some gray hair, but still acts like a child, as others often tell him.

Spencer that his parents will be upset, for this is his fourth private school so far. Thurmer was correct, but Holden holds to the thought that life is only a game if you are on the right side. Thurmer lectured him about how вЂњlife is a gameвЂќ and that one should вЂњplay it according to the rulesвЂќ-just before he expelled him. Spencer sits in a ratty old bathrobe and asks Holden to sit down. Holden finds SpencerвЂ™s house somewhat depressing, smelling of Vicks Nose Drops and clearly underscoring the old age of its inhabitants. It turns out that Holden has recently been expelled for failing four classes. Instead he chooses to say goodbye to Spencer, his history teacher, who knows that Holden is not coming back to Pencey. Holden has not gone to the game as a result of his sudden unpopularity. The fencing team became furious with Holden, but he cannot help but find humor in the bad situation. Although they were supposed to have a meet with the McBurney School, Holden left the foils on the subway. Holden, the manager of the fencing team, has just returned from New York with the team. Although she is unattractive and a bit pathetic, to Holden she seems nice enough because she avoids lavishing praise upon her father. Selma Thurmer, the daughter of the headmaster, is at the game, but Holden is not. Holden begins his story during the Saturday of the football game with Saxon Hall, which is supposed to be a big deal at Pencey. He also mentions his brother, D.B., who is nearby in Hollywood вЂњbeing a prostitute.вЂќ Holden was a student at Pencey Prep in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, and he mocks their advertisements, which claim to have been molding boys into clear-thinking young men since 1888.

He describes his parents as nice but вЂњtouchy as hell.вЂќ Instead, Holden vows to relate what happened to him around last Christmas, before he had to take it easy. The Catcher in the Rye begins with a statement by the narrator, Holden Caulfield, that he will not recount his вЂњlousyвЂќ childhood and вЂњall that David Copperfield kind of crapвЂќ because such details bore him.

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