The climax is when the elevator attendant and Holden began to fight. Holden is not a fighter, so he stood there and took punches from the elevator attendant. He lost the fight. In the very end he got punched in the stomach very hard. The girl grabbed Holden’s wallet and took the five dollars she thought she deserved (Salinger 102). The falling action is when Holden meets with his sister Phoebe. Phoebe really changes Holden for the better. When Holden first sees his sister, he just sits there and watches her sleep for awhile. She is not a really heavy sleeper, but Holden just wanted to take everything in. He studied her patterns and read through her notebooks (Salinger 161). He was trying to reconnect with his sister. When he woke her up, she was very excited to see him. He was very excited to see her too. He wanted to please her so much. He told her about the record that he had, but it broke on the way to the house. She was so grateful to even have the pieces that he had saved. They talked for awhile and they danced around the room until his parents came home. When they came he hid in the closet. After they went to bed, Holden tells her he has to leave, but promises to her that he will come see her in the play. Holden keeps his promises to his sister, which is one thing that I like. I think he respects his sister a lot and her opinion is worth a lot to them. In the end, Phoebe helped Holden to realize that the little things in like can make him happy. Simply watching his sister go around on the carousel brought tears to his eyes with joy (Salinger 211). Holden overcame his struggles with people. He did return back to his house after their day together, just like he promised her. Phoebe was the main reason Holden was able to overcome his struggles.
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
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