Faith Cavendish

Faith Cavendish is a young woman from Holden Caulfield's past whom he remembers as an actress or entertainer. Holden Caulfield thinks about contacting her during his time in New York but never does so. She represents another failed connection in his life—someone he once knew but with whom he has lost touch. His inability or unwillingness to contact Faith reflects his broader difficulty in maintaining relationships and his paralysis in the face of potential social interaction.