James Castle Character Analysis In The Catcher In The Rye - LitCharts

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The Catcher in the Rye Introduction + Context Plot Summary Detailed Summary & Analysis Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Themes All Themes Phoniness Alienation and Meltdown Women and Sex Childhood and Growing Up Madness, Depression, Suicide Quotes Characters All Characters Holden Caulfield Phoebe Caulfield Mr. Antolini Jane Gallagher Ward Stradlater Robert Ackley Sally Hayes Allie Caulfield D.B. Caulfield Mr. Spencer James Castle Faith Cavendish Carl Luce Maurice Sunny Horwitz Bernice Krebs Ernest’s Mother (Mrs. Morrow) Ernie Symbols All Symbols The Catcher in the Rye Holden’s Red Hunting Hat The Ducks in the Lagoon in Central Park The Museum of Natural History Literary Devices All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Setting Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Download PDF Download Teacher Edition

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James Castle is a student Holden knew when he was still attending Elkton Hills. Holden has an odd respect for Castle because Castle committed suicide by jumping out of his window after refusing to submit to a group of bullies who locked Castle and themselves with in Castle’s room. For some reason, Holden thinks of Castle when Phoebe asks him to name just one thing he genuinely likes—a sign that he admires both Castle’s unwillingness to give in to bullies and the fact that he committed suicide, which is something Holden himself often thinks about. Get the entire The Catcher in the Rye LitChart as a printable PDF. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." -Graham S. Download The Catcher in the Rye PDF

James Castle Character Timeline in The Catcher in the Rye

The timeline below shows where the character James Castle appears in The Catcher in the Rye. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 22

...thinking, his mind wanders to the nuns he met that morning. It also wanders to James Castle , an Elkton Hills student who committed suicide while Holden was also a student there.... (full context) Chapter 23

...but also maintain a sense of authority. In fact, it was Mr. Antolini who picked James Castle off the ground when the boy jumped out of the window. For this reason, Holden... (full context) Previous Mr. Spencer Previous Mr. Spencer Next Faith Cavendish Next Faith Cavendish Cite This Page Close Company About Us Our Story Support Help Center Contact Us Connect Facebook Twitter Legal Terms of Service Privacy Policy Privacy Request Home About Contact Help LitCharts, a Learneo, Inc. business Copyright © 2026 All Rights Reserved Terms Privacy Privacy Request