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Chapter 1
What do we learn about Holdens relationship with his parents in this chapter?
How has Holdens brother D.B. lost his respect? Why does Holden object to his brothers current writing? What does Holden mean when he says D.B. is in Hollywood being a prostitute?
What is Holdens self-image in Chapter 1? Find two supporting quotations. What incidents in this chapter tell us that Holden is a loner?
Give an example of Holden making a broad generalization (a generalization unsupported with specific evidence).
In talking about good-bys, Holden says, I dont care if its a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know Im leaving it. If you dont, you feel even worse. What does this quotation show about Holdens character?
Chapter 2
Describe Holden. How old is he?
What does Holdens encounter with Mr. Spencer tell us about him? Give at least three points. Is Mr. Spencer as sensitive to Holden as Holden is to Mr. Spencer?
What does Holden mean when he uses the word phony? Define it as he might. Find two examples of phonies in this chapter.
Holden is a paradoxical character: both mature and immature, both extremely aware of the realities around him and also caught in his own fantasy world, etc. Defend and develop this idea.
Chapter 3
What is lying, according to Holden?
What is the purpose or function of the red hunting hat? (What does Holden say it is?)
What is Holdens attitude toward religion?
Name at least four reasons Ackley irritates Holden.
Chapter 4
Why does Holden call Stradlater a secret slob?
Holden is very quick to recognize irony. Find one example.
What does Jane Gallagher mean to Holden? What does she symbolize?
Why is Holden nervous at the end of this chapter?
Chapter 5
Of what significance is it that Holden doesnt want to throw a snowball at a car while hes waiting for Ackley?
What effect did Allies death have on Holden, and what is the quality of the composition Holden writes for Stradlater?
What do we learn in this chapter about Holdens precarious emotional state?
Chapter 6
What is significant about Janes keeping all her kings in the back row?
Holden often generalizes about people. Cite two examples.
What does the fight between Holden and Stradlater tell us about Holden? About Stradlater?
What does Holden reach for after his fight with Stradlater? What might this object symbolize?
Chapter 7
Why is Holden thinking of joining a monastery?
Explain Holdens reaction to packing the ice skates.
Holden makes frequent references to his emotional state in this chapter. Find at least five examples of what he feels.
To give a girl the time is an example of euphemism. What does its use indicate about Holdens attitudes toward sex? Toward Jane?
Chapter 8
What emotional response does Holden want to get from Mrs. Morrow by calling himself Rudolf Schmidt? By telling her he has a brain tumor? By praising her son Ernest?
What is humorous about this chapter?
What are Holdens feelings toward money?
Chapter 9
What Holden sees the couple at the Edmont Hotel squirting water at each other, what does he think?
Holden is very aware of the way he acts and of his own identity. Cite two examples of explanations he gives for his behavior.
What does Holden have against bald men?
Why does Holden want to give Faith Cavendish a phony name over the phone?
Chapter 10
What characteristics make Phoebe so important to Holden?
What is the impression Holden wants to make on the three girls in the cocktail lounge by saying hes Jim Steele? What do Rudolph Schmidt and Jim Steele have in common?
What do girls need to do (or be) in order to appeal to Holden?
Why does Holden regret having lied to Marty about seeing Gary Cooper?
Chapter 11
Explain Holdens relationship with Jane. In his description of Jane, what characteristics does Holden point out about Jane that are also true of Phoebe?
Chapter 12
Again, what does the duck question (asked of Horowitz, the cab driver) show about Holdens character?
People always clap for the wrong things, according to Holden. Cite three examples of this.
Find two examples of ironies Holden is aware of in this chapter.
Why do people have to say stuff like glad tove met you in order to stay alive? What does Holden mean?
Chapter 13
Explain Holdens confusion about his own assertiveness.
Why does Holden allow Maurice to send the prostitute to his room? How does Holden excuse his agreeing to meet a prostitute?
Explain what happens between Holden and the prostitute. What does this scene tell us about Holden?
What does Holdens pseudonym indicate about his insecurities?
What comment shows Holdens sensitivity to language?
Chapter 14
Is Holden religious? Supply proof for your answer.
On page 103, Holden says, I thought I was dying. In Chapter 1 Holden says, I felt like I was sort of disappearing. Find two statements he makes in this chapter to indicate his mental state.
Chapter 15
Name five things Holden finds irritating about Sally Hayes.
What do suitcases symbolize for Holden? Why do they disturb him?
What is disturbing to Holden about a nun teaching English? What depresses him about them?
Why does Holden like Mercutio (from Romeo and Juliet) so much? What does this reveal about Holden? What other character in the novel is somewhat like Mercutio?
Chapter 16
What is the importance of Little Shirley Beans?
How does Holden react to children?
How does Holden remember his own childhood?
Holden changes the wording of the song from If a body meet a body coming through the rye to If a body catch a body coming through the rye What characteristics does Holden find desirable in the child singing?
Chapter 17
Why is Holdens date with Sally such a disaster?
Give several examples of Holden using poor judgment in this chapter.
Find an example of Holdens sensitivity to language.
From page 130-134, Holden outlines almost all his anxieties about life. Make a list of his criticisms.
Chapter 18
On page 137, what objection does Holden think Jesus would have had to the Radio City program he saw? Is he right or wrong? Defend your answer.
Holden says he is an atheist? Is he? Defend your answer.
Chapter 19
Luc is the Latin word root meaning light. Of what significance is it that Salinger names Holdens older friend Carl Luce?
What does Holden confide in Carl Luce that shows how conservative and traditional his attitudes are?
What are some negative qualities we see in Holden in this chapter?
Make a list of the names of those who have rejected Holden in one way or another beginning with Chapter 1 and ending with Chapter 19. Why do you think Holden alienates so many people?
Chapter 20
What does Holdens wound symbolize on page 150?
What is significant about Holdens sitting on the radiator in the mens room?
Of what significance is it that Holden breaks the record he had bought for Phoebe?
Does Holden find the ducks in the park when he goes there? In what ways is his discovery symbolic?
Why is it particularly pathetic that there are hunks of ice in Holdens hat?
What does Holden find hypocritical about funerals?
Chapter 21
Characterize Phoebe.
In what ways does Phoebe seem older than Holden? Who is more in touch with reality, Holden or Phoebe? Defend your answer.
Chapter 22
What new insight about Holdens school failure does Holdens explanation to Phoebe about his expulsion give the reader?
In what way is Phoebes discussion with Holden (beginning on page 168) mature and adult-like?
How does Phoebe psychoanalyze Holden?
Who is more in touch with reality, Holden or Phoebe? Defend your view.
What disgusts Holden about his own vision of his future?
What is the significance of Holdens wanting to be the catcher in the rye? What things has he done, or tried to do, during the course of the novel to try to be the catcher in the eye?
How is the name Holden Caulfield an echo of the title, The Catcher in the Rye?
Chapter 23
Why was James Castle important to Holden?
How does Holden regard Mr. Antolini?
How does Phoebe manipulate her mother?
What does Phoebe give Holden?
Chapter 24
How is Holden deteriorating physically in this chapter?
Evaluate Mr. Antolinis advice.
Chapter 25
How is Holdens physical condition deteriorating in this chapter?
How is Holdens mental condition deteriorating in this chapter?
What indication is there that Holden may be starting to question his own generalizations?
Why does Holden want to be a deaf mute?
Relate the writing on the wall at Phoebes school to Holdens wanting to be a catcher in the rye.
How does Holden help the two kids at the museum? What is symbolic about the meeting? What is ironic?
Explain two examples of Holdens accepting reality in this chapter.
What does Phoebe wanting to go away with Holden do for him? How does Phoebe force Holden to accept responsibility?
What is symbolic and ironic about Phoebes role in the school play?
What is the significance of Phoebes riding the carousel and reaching for the gold ring?
How is Holdens hunting hat symbolic in this chapter?
Chapter 26
What does Holden conclude about his experiences at the very end of the novel?
What changes in Holdens attitude can you identify?
Why is it significance that Holden misses people?
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