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Innocence is rarely preserved, so it's important to preserve it for as long as possible.

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In an attempt to cheer her up, Holden takes her to the zoo with a carousel and it's then where she convinces him to stay. Shortly after this, he gets sick and goes to a "rest home" which is presumably a mental institution. It turns out thats where he has been narrating from through the duration of the book.

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Holden returns to his home where he reunites with Phoebe. Despite his sister, Holden resolves to leave and find a job working on a ranch in the west. In defiance, Phoebe packs her bags and tries to convince him to take her with him. They have a brief fight and she ends up crying.

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The book climaxes with Holden drunkenly walking into Central Park and finding a lagoon he and his sister used to visit on a frigid winter night. Slumping on a bench, being that he could hardly stand, he counted his money and found out he was down to just cents. Defeated, he decides to wander home and conclude his trip. He talks to Allie, his dead kid brother and thinks of him as pure and goes through a kind of feverish schizophrenic phase.

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The book picks up speed fairly quickly and Holden starts his journey of self destruction. A new character, Jane Gallagher is announced. She becomes a kind of love interest for Holden. After Straedtler says he went on a date and wouldn't disclose specifics, Holden and him have an altercation, after which Holden sells his typewriter and takes off. He decides on going to New York City and spends the first night calling any girl he can think of to get drinks with him. He then goes on a bender by visiting trashy nightclubs and looking for anyone to drink with him, (Ranging from random women to cab drivers.). He gets a hotel and goes to a bar attached to the building, where he finds three older women that he harasses until they give in and dance with him. This process repeats a while unsuccessfully until he is approached by an elevator guy offering a $5 prostitute. He ends up accepting the offer but turns her down and pays her the $5 anyway when she demands $10 for her services. She leaves and returned with the burly elevator man and he punches him in the stomach and they steal another five dollar bill. While all this is happening, he shares stories of his brother Allie, recounting his favorite memories with him.

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The book begins with Holden Caulfield narrating his last days at Pency Prep, a private school he got kicked out of prior to the exposition. In this part of the book, Holden describes his family and home life. He has a somewhat strained relationship with his parents, two brothers, one older and in Hollywood, and the other deceased. Holden also has a sister that he has the strongest bond to. He also introduced his roommate at Pency, a boy named Straedtler.