Whooton School

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Whooton School is a fictional preparatory school in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye," known as one of the institutions from which Holden Caulfield is expelled.

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Label Occurrences
Horace Green Preparatory School 1
Whooton School canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional educational institution
fictional school
prep school
appearsInWork The Catcher in the Rye
associatedTheme alienation of adolescents
critique of elite schooling
failure and expulsion in education
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator J. D. Salinger
educationLevel preparatory school
firstPublicationContext The Catcher in the Rye
surface form: The Catcher in the Rye (1951 novel)
genreOfWork bildungsroman
coming-of-age novel
hasReputationInStory place where Holden struggles academically and socially
languageOfWork English
medium novel
mentionedByNarrator Holden Caulfield
narrativeRole institution from which Holden Caulfield is expelled
one of Holden Caulfield’s former schools
partOfFictionalUniverse The Catcher in the Rye
surface form: The Catcher in the Rye universe
settingOf episodes in Holden Caulfield’s backstory
studentCharacter Carl Luce
Holden Caulfield
Mr. Antolini’s former students
Richard Kinsella
targetStudents boys preparing for higher education

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Holden Caulfield education Whooton School
Dewey Finn teachesAt Whooton School
this entity surface form: Horace Green Preparatory School