Characters
What is the full name of the narrator and main character?
Holden Caulfield
This item is significant because it was Allie's. What is it? Describe it.
Baseball mitt with poems written on it in green ink
What gift does Holden buy for Phoebe, but breaks it when he's drunk.
What is a record. Little Shirley Beans.
“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”
Mr. Spencer
While in NYC for a fencing tournament, Holden buys what?
His red hunting hat
Sally Hayes
Holden is always wondering where they go in the winter time. What do they symbolize?
The ducks in the lagoon. Could symbolize the need to adapt to change and new environments.
When eating breakfast Holden gives these people $10 because he feels they need it.
the nuns
“I have a feeling that you’re riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall. . . ."
Mr. Antolini
The character whose teeth "looked like mosy and awful" who has "a lot of pimples" and "a terrible personality" is?
Ackley
Who was the boy who jumped out the window rather than take back what he said about someone?
James Castle
Holden used to visit here as a kid for school and now Phoebe goes there. He loved it here. What could it symbolize?
The Museum of Natural History. It could symbolize consistency.
Holden is not taking care of himself; not sleeping, eating properly, drinking and smoking too much, and flunking out of school. Why?
He is still mourning the loss of his brother. He's still learning to deal with and process the disappointments that exist in life.
"Just my Christmas dough. For presents and all. I haven't done any shopping at all yet. You want some? I can lend you some."
Phoebe
Holden missed Allie's funeral because...?
He was in the hospital. The night before, he punched all the windows out in the garage.
What are the names of all of Holden's siblings?
DB
Allie
Phoebe
Where Holden takes Phoebe at the end of the book before he gets sick.
The carousel in central park. Could symbolized innocence and childhood.
Holden likes her and remembers when they would play checkers together. She went on a date with Stradlater.
Jane Gallagher
"I am the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life!"
Holden
What question does Phoebe ask which Holden finds difficult to answer?
"What is one thing you like?"
What is the name of the mom on the train that Holden talks with and lies to. He tells her a lie about her son, rather than telling her he's kind of a jerk.
Mrs. Morrow
Holden wants to be this after hearing a little boy singing a song.
The Catcher in the Rye. Could symbolize the preservation of innocence.
The place where Holden stays in New York after leaving Pencey.
The Edmont Hotel
"How 'bout writing a composition for me, for English? I'll be up creek if I don't get the goddam thing in by Monday, the reason I ask. How 'bout it?"
Stradlater
Where is Holden as he narrates the story?
At a hospital recovering in California