Allie

In this book we see that Holden has a connection, a strong connection to his brother Allie who died of Leukemia some years ago. He said that Allie and Phoebe were one the few people who could understand Holden. To keep a coneection with Allie Holden has a old baseball glove that belonged to Allie with poetry written it. The night Allie died Holden broke a window in the family garage and it prementaly damaged his hand and now Holden cannot nake a tight fist with his right hand.