Chapter 1-The Catcher in the Rye

In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, chapter one reveals that Holden Caulfield despises the school he attends, Pencey Prep. He believes it to be fake, "They advertise in about a thousand magazines, always showing some hot-shot guy on a horse jumping over a fence...I never even once saw a horse anywhere near the place." Holden does not think highly of the people who attend Pencey either. For example "Pencey was full of crooks," shows another reason for Holedn's hatred towards his school.