Characters
16-year-old who narrates the story 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.
What is a record?
Whenever Holden has a chance to talk to Jane, he always decides that he is ________________.
(a phrase)
What is "not in the mood"?
What is a story that begins and ends at the same place called?
What is a framed narrative?
Holden took this date to the show with the Lunts
Who is Sally?
What does Holden worry in the winter and what do they symbolize?
What is 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
What is phony?
The style of writing that Salinger uses for Holden's voice which creates an erratic tone.
What is stream of consciousness?
The boy who jumped out the window rather than take back what he said about someone
Who is James Castle?
Holden used to go here as a kid for school and now Phoebe goes there
What is the Museum of Natural History? Symbolizes constancy.
Holden forgets these and is ostracized
What are foils?
Holden feels happy at the end as he watches Phoebe
What is ride the carousel?
Phoebe gives this to Holden at the carousel.
What is the red hunting hat?
The Columbia student who advises Holden to see a psychoanalyst
Who is Carl Luce?
Where Holden takes Phoebe at the end of the book before he gets sick. It represents this.
What is the carousel?
Holden argues with him because he refuses to pay the extra money
Who is Maurice?
Holden gives the impression that he feels a lingering sense of loss over this person's death
Who is Allie?
Name one similarity between Holden and Salinger.
What is:
war veteran
isolated
Woman whom Holden tries to make a date with when he gets to New York
Who is Faith Cavendish?
The lyric that inspires Holden to be the Catcher i the Rye.
What is "If a body catch a body coming thro' the rye"
The place where Holden goes first in New York after leaving Pencey, and witnesses acts of perversion
What is the Edmont hotel?
Holden feels confused after leaving this man's apartment.
What is Mr. Antolini?
The school where the James Castle incident occurred.
What is Elkton Hills?