Characters
Sixteen-year-old who narrates the story (Full name) and this point of view
Who is Holden and first person narrator?
Belonged to Allie and had poems written on it
What is baseball mitt?
The gift that Holden buys for Phoebe, but breaks it when he's drunk
What is a record?
When Holden learns that Stradlater is on a date with Jane, he acts _______________, but he really feels _________________.
What are indifferent and jealous?
What is ironic about D.B.'s profession?
He is a Hollywood writer and Holden hates actors and films
Holden took this date to the show with the Lunts (Full name)
Who is Sally Hayes?
What does Holden worry in the winter and what do they symbolize?
What are the ducks in the lagoon and the change of growing up (the need to adapt to change)?
Holden gives these people $10 because he feels they need it
Who are the nuns?
Holden calls many people (including Sally, Stradlater, actors, etc.) this throughout the book and why he does this
What is phony and he does this because he has trouble identifying his own genuine emotions/feelings?
What religion is Holden?
What is none or self-proclaimed atheist?
The boy who jumped out the window rather than take back what he said about someone (Full name)
Who is James Castle?
Holden used to go here as a kid for school and now Phoebe goes there and what it symbolizes
What is the Museum of Natural History and it symbolizes constancy?
Holden swears a lot throughout the novel to seem ...
What is older?
Holden feels happy at the end as he watches Phoebe do this and the reason for his happiness
What is ride the carousel and he enjoys her childhood innocence?
The name of the Scottish write who composed the poem that became the novel's title
Who is Robert Burns?
The Columbia student who advises Holden to see a psychoanalyst (Full name)
Who is Carl Luce?
Where Holden takes Phoebe at the end of the book before he gets sick and what it symbolizes
What is the carousel and it is childhood?
Holden argues with her because he refuses to let her go away with him and why he is so upset
Who is Phoebe and he does not want Phoebe to end up like him?
Holden gives the impression that he feels a lingering sense of loss over this person's death and why emotion persists
Who is Allie and it is because he did not attend his funeral?
The reason why Holden contradicts himself so often
What is insecurity?
Singer whom Holden tries to have a drink with when he is drunk at the Wicker Bar
Who is Valencia?
Holden wants to be this after hearing a little boy singing a song and its symbolism
What is "The Catcher in the Rye" because it symbolizes the preservation of innocence.
The name of the place where Holden goes in New York after leaving Pencey Prep
What is the Edmont Hotel?
Holden's tone at the end of the story, as he reflects on having told so many people about "this madman stuff" is
What are regretful and lonely?
Why is this novel referred to as "The Assassin's Handbook" and which article of clothing contributes to this belief
What are the assassins of Ronald Reagan and John Lennon were influenced by it and the red hunting hat?