Chapter 5-6
1. What does Stradlater do when Holden keeps provoking him?
Punches Holden
1. What does Holden decide while he is in Ackley's room?
He decides to leave school that night and head into the city.
1. Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?
To a seedy hotel called the Edmont.
1. What was Holden's relationship with Jane? (Be specific)
1. Which type of figurative language matches to the examples below?
“It took him about five hours to get ready.”
“He’d already told me about it about a hundred times.”
Hyperbole
He had a Leukemia.
2. Who sits next to Holden on the train?
The mother of one of Holden's classmates.
2. Who does Holden call from the hotel room after spying on people in the other rooms?
Faith Cavendish, a possibly promiscuous girl, whose number he has.
2. What does Horwitz, the cabby, get angry at Holden about?
Ducks
2. Holden's red hunting hat is one of the symbols in CIR. We have to focus on the color of the hat which is red. Why is that color significant?
It is same as that of Allie’s and Phoebe's hair. Holden associates it with the innocence and purity he believes these characters represent and wears it as a way to connect to them.
3. What does Stradlater think of the essay Holden wrote for him?
He hates it and complains that it's about the wrong subject.
3. What does Holden tell the woman on the train about one person?
He lies and tells her how modest and popular he is.
3. How does Holden describe his younger sister, Pheobe? (Be specific)
He thinks she's pretty, smart, likeable, nice, and funny.
3. Why does Holden flee from the nightclub?
Because he runs into Lillian Simmons, who annoys him.
3. Which type of figurative language matches to the examples below?
"She has a nice voice. A nice telephone voice.” (pg. 54)
Metaphor
4. In chapter 5, there is one situation that can be matches with the theme of "The phoniness of the adult world" Please describe the situation in detail.
Holden strongly believes that the reason why school provides steak to kids is because principal wants to make parents to believe that their kids are being well-treated even though it is not true.
4. In chapter 7, there is one situation that can be matches with the theme of "The painfulness of growing up" Please describe the situation in detail.
Holden wanted to preserve his innocent image of Jane. He knows what type of guy Stradlater is. Due to this fact, he cannot get away from the thought that something might have happened between Jane and Stradlater.
4. In chapter 9, there is one situation that can be matches with the theme of "The phoniness of the adult world" Please describe the situation in detail.
Holden describes few adults who are doing strange things in details. Clearly, he does not give positive comments to them.
4. In chapter 11, there is one situation that can be matches with the theme of "The painfulness of growing up" Please describe the situation in detail.
Throughout the chapter, Holden is describing the most romantic and physical memory between Jane and himself. In his memory, Jane is innocent girl. Time has passed, and there is a possibility that Jane changed. However, Holden cannot accept this fact. Clearly, he fears changes.
4. Duck is one of the symbols in this text. Guess what it symbolizes.
Holden’s fixation on the ducks in the Central Park lagoon represents his fear of change.
5. In chapter 6, there are two situations that can be match with the theme of "Isolation as a form of self-protection" Please describe those situation in detail.
1. Holden uses his hunting hat as a way of setting himself apart from his surroundings.
2. He acts like he wants alienate himself from his surroundings. However, by looking at him visiting Ackley’s after having a big fight with Stradlater, we can assume that he doesn’t want to stay lonely.
5. Please look at the textual evidence on the bottom and identify the reason why it matches to the theme of "The phoniness of the adult world"
*Textual evidence: Overall conversation between Holden and the lady.
Holden contradicts his hatred of “phonies” by lying to Ernest‘s mother. What's most interesting about this moment is, he does this in order to please her. He hates phoniness in others, but can’t avoid it in himself.
5. Please look at the textual evidence on the bottom and identify the reason why it matches to the theme of "The painfulness of growing up"
*Textual evidence: Please focus on the way how Holden describes his sister Pheobe. Is he describing her in a positive or negative way?
When Holden describes adults, he usually describes them in a negative way. However, when he talks about kids, such as Allie or Phoebe, he only gives good comments to them. From this fact, we can infer that he wants to stay as a child if it is possible because he does not have any good image about adults.
5. Please look at the textual evidence on the bottom and identify the reason why it matches to the theme of "The phoniness of the adult world"
*Textual evidence: "How marvelous to see you!” ~ "It drives me crazy, though.”
Holden knew that Lillian Simmons had a conversation with him just because she wants to hear about his brother, D.B. She thinks he is awesome since he is in Hollywood.
5) Which type of figurative language matches to the examples below?
“I know old Jane like a book.”