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The Catcher in the Rye: Reading and Study Guide Directions: Use this guide while reading the novel. Read over the vocabulary before reading the chapter. Answer the questions during or immediately after reading the chapter. Use complete sentences when answering the questions. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, regarded by The New York Times as one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide Although J.D. Salinger has written many short stories, The Catcher in the Rye is Salinger's only novel and his most notable work, earning him great fame and admiration as a writer and sparking many high school students' interest in great literature. Start studying catcher in the rye study guide questions. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.

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What does Holden mean when he says that his brother D.B. is out in Hollywood “being a prostitute”?

He is giving people what they want. He is being metaphorical. D.B. writes movie scripts there

Where is Holden as the story begins

Where and what is Pencey Prep

It is in Pennsylvania and is a boys boarding school.

How did Holden let the fencing team down?

They were going to New York and he forgot the team equipment on the subway.

Why is Holden being kicked out of Pencey Prep?

He is kicked out for failing 4/5 of classes. The only class he passed was English

What kind of health does Holden appear to be in?

He claims to be a smoker, he is out of shape, and breathes heavily. The smoking as a teen signifies how he is trying to be cool, being a typical teenage. He “almost got TB.”

Who is Mr. Spencer and why does Holden visit him?

Mr. Spencer is his teacher. He wrote Holden a letter to come and visit him before he leavers. He took time to have interest in him and skipped the game for him. He cares enough to call out Holden and tells hims to get his life together. He, Holder, is looking for someone to understand him and does not get that understanding from Mr. Spencer.

What does Spencer do that particularly annoyed Holden?

What does Holden give us as the reason for “leaving” Elkton Hills?

He puts the blame on the school master who treated the wealthy people right and the poor wrong. He would not even talk to the poor supposedly

What does Holden mean, “I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot”? Give examples of what he reads

He read, “Out of Africa.” He does not have confidence in himself and is maybe trying on language and personality. Maybe he says this because people have told him this in his lifetime over and over again

Who is Ackley? Describe him

Acne-; “Ack!” He has acne and is in the room next door to Holden. he has bad dental hygiene and really bad manners. He is a catholic

What does Ackley do that annoys Holden?

He walks around Holden’s room, picks up all this stuff, and put it back in the wrong place
One item was Holden’s picture of a girl he “used to go around with” named Sally Hayes
Holden gives up and starts to “horse around”- Pulling hunting cap over his eyes and pretending to be blind
Remind us how he said he sometimes acts like he’s 12
Ackley asks about the hat and informs him that it is a deer-hunting hat
Holden syas no and that it is a people-shooting hat
Ackely proceeds to cut his toenails and leave the clippings all over the floor.

Who is Stradlater? Why does Holden refer to him as a “secret slob”? What does he look like?

Holden shared the room with him at the school, and Holden often helps him borrowing a jacket or writing a descriptive essay when Stradlater is out on a date. He calls Stradlater a slob because of his good-looking appearance but mentions that his roommate had no primitive skills of self-care.

What point does Holden try to make about people when he talk s about Stradlater and the “Commas” and Ackley’s description of the basketball player?

He tells Holden to add commas in the wrong places of his paper because Stradlater does not think he is as good of a writer as Holden. Holden thinks that this is dumb because what makes a paper good is its content, not the placement of commas. Ackley says that what makes a basketball player is his build. This annoys Holden because what makes a player good is talent and skill.

Why does it make Holden nervous that Stradlater is going out with Jane Gallagher?

Because it is suggested that Jane was his first love and he probably still loves her, so he is nervous that Stradlater will try and make a move on her, and possibly even more so that she will let him

Who is Allie, and why is his baseball mitt so special to Holden?

Allie would write poems on his mitt when he was bored out in the outfield. He died young of Leukemia. Notice: At age 13, his brother died. This is around the time when he started getting kicked out of school. His parents wanted him to be psychoanalyzed.

Why did Holden’s parents want to have him psychoanalyzed?

He punched a window and was acting pretty crazy after Allie died, got kicke dout of loads of schools, so his parents wanted to get him psychoanalyzed because it was the hip thing to do at the time. They just wanted to seem like they were trying to ‘fix’ him

What do Holden and Stradlater fight over?

Holden wants to know the details of the sate and Stradlater says that he “does not kiss and tell.”

Holden says that he is a “pacifist.” What is that, and is he?

Holden is not a pacifist. Although, he likes the idea of being one.

What does Holden suddenly decide to visit Ackley’s room?

He wants to be in a different place from Stradlater

Where does Holden then decide to go?

He decides to leave for New York. It was impulsive, and he was very embarrassed and had no one, really

What is his final goodbye to Pencey Prep

Why do you think Holden cries as he leaves?

The Holden’s cry had a deep meaning, and it could be explained by his moral exhaustion. He could not bear more the surrounding he saw and the community he was forced to live in. His disappointment was so big, his soul was crying, and it was impossible to stop the tears. The fact that Holden cries could also be a proof that he didn’t actually hate the school as he said.

What does Holden mean when he says, “Mothers are all slightly insane”?

What are some of the lies Holden tells Mrs. Morrow? Do you think he’s as sorry for them as he states?

That his son is adaptable, modest, kind, etc. He probably does not feel that bad because it had good intention to make her be proud of her son. He also told her that he was getting intense surgery in his brain!

Holden calls other people phony. In what way is he one?

Maybe he really is not a phony. He is self searching and is trying to be the person he wants to be even though he is not there yet.

Who is Phoebe, and what is Holden’s opinion of her?

His sister whom he loves. She is very funny and cool. She has a really nice and spontaneous personality. She is very self assured compared to Holden. She is 10 years old

What evidence is there that shows us that Holden probably doesn’t look as old as he says he looks?

He thinks that he is mature and older looking, but he is not. He got carded, mocked by the girls at the bar, and tries proving he has grey hair. He is searching for confidence

What was the past relationship like between Holden and Jane?

They were really close, almost like crushes. Maybe, Jane was his first love. It is a pretty innocence romance

Why does Holden leave Ernie’s?

Holden leaves Ernie’s because he saw D.B’s ex girlfriend, Lillian Simmons. He thought that she was a phony because he assumed she was just talking to him so Holden would tel

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