Pencey Prep

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fictional boarding school fictional educational institution

Pencey Prep is the fictional Pennsylvania boarding school that protagonist Holden Caulfield is expelled from in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye."

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pencey Prep canonical 5
Pencey Prep dormitory 2
Pencey Prep (another fictional school in the same novel) 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional boarding school ⓘ
fictional educational institution ⓘ
appearsIn The Catcher in the Rye ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy J. D. Salinger ⓘ
countryInFiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
educationalLevel secondary school ⓘ
fictionalFoundingYear 1888 ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Catcher in the Rye ⓘ
surface form: The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
genreOfWorkContext coming-of-age fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasCharacterRole setting of opening chapters ⓘ
hasDormitory Ossenburger Memorial Wing ⓘ
hasEvent expulsion of Holden Caulfield ⓘ
hasFacility dormitories ⓘ
football field ⓘ
headmaster’s residence ⓘ
hasMottoInText “Since 1888 we have been molding boys into splendid, clear-thinking young men.” ⓘ
hasNarrativeThemeAssociation adolescence ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
conformity ⓘ
hypocrisy in institutions ⓘ
hasSport fencing ⓘ
football ⓘ
hasStaffCharacter Mr. Spencer ⓘ
Mr. Thurmer ⓘ
hasStudentCharacter James Castle ⓘ
Ossenburger ⓘ
Robert Ackley ⓘ
Stradlater ⓘ
surface form: Ward Stradlater
hasType boys’ preparatory school ⓘ
languageOfWorkContext English ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction symbol of phoniness and hypocrisy for Holden Caulfield ⓘ
narrativeRole school from which protagonist is expelled ⓘ
studentCharacter Holden Caulfield ⓘ
timeOfFictionalTerm December ⓘ
around Christmas season ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Holden Caulfield → education → Pencey Prep ⓘ
Holden Caulfield → expelledFrom → Pencey Prep ⓘ
Stradlater → attendsSchool → Pencey Prep ⓘ
Ackley → setting → Pencey Prep ⓘ
Ackley → residesAt → Pencey Prep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pencey Prep dormitory
Elkton Hills School → relatedWork → Pencey Prep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pencey Prep (another fictional school in the same novel)
contrasts with Holden Caulfield’s sensitivity → attendsSchool → Pencey Prep ⓘ
subject surface form: Stradlater
contrasts with Holden Caulfield’s sensitivity → setting → Pencey Prep ⓘ
subject surface form: Stradlater
this entity surface form: Pencey Prep dormitory