So far I have described a lot of the main-ish characters in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, but wait, there is still some more! A few more characters to describe are Sally Hayes, Sunny, Maurice, Mr. Spencer, and Carl Luce.
Sally Hayes is a girl that Holden goes out a few times in the novel. They have known each other for a while, and they have dated for a while too. Sally is very pretty, but Holden thinks she is dumb. Sally likes Holden a lot, but Holden denies the fact that he likes her. I think he likes her.
Sunny is a prostitute. Holden tries to lose his virginity from her because he can not do it with anyone else. He fails. We find out that Holden wants his first time to be special, and not with some lady off the side of the street. Holden hires Sunny through a man named Maurice, and when Holden does not pay Sunny what she wants to be paid, there is trouble.
Maurice is an elevator operator. He works at Edmont Hotel. This is where Holden stays after leaving Pencey Prep. Maurice asks Holden if he wants someone to come up to his room with him, and Holden says yes. Maurice sends Sunny up to Holden's room for him.
Mr. Spencer is one of Holden's teachers at Pencey Prep. He teaches him history. Before Holden leaves Pencey Prep, Mr. Spencer asks him to come to his house. Holden comes to his house because Mr. Spencer is a pretty nice old man, and his wife usually makes hot chocolate or something. While at Mr. Spencer's house, Holden is somewhat lectured by Mr. Spencer to start caring about school. Holden becomes angry that Mr. Spencer wants to talk to him about that, so Mr. Spencer's attempts at helping Holden are ruined.
Carl Luce went to once of Holden's other schools. They both went to Whooton School together. Carl is three years older than Holden, and he was Holden's student advisor. Holden looked up to Carl because he had a lot of sexual experience. Holden went to Carl very often and asked him for sexual advice.
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