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16-year-old who narrates the story and the point of view of the novel. You need two answers here.

Who is Holden and first person narrator.

100
Belonged to Allie and had poems written on it
What is baseball mitt?
100
The gift that Holden buys for Phoebe, but breaks it when he's drunk
What is a record? or What is Shirley Beans?
100
When Holden learns that Stradlater is on a date with Jane, he acts _______________, but he really feels _________________.
What is indifferent and jealous?
100

What major battle in WWII did J.D. Salinger take part in on June 7, 1944?

What is the D Day Invasion or Normandy Invasion?

200

Holden took this date to the show with the Lunts

Who is Sally?

200
What does Holden worry in the winter and what do they symbolize? You need two answers here.
What is the ducks in the lagoon and the change of growing up (the need to adapt to change).
200
Holden gives these people $10 because he feels they need it
What is the nuns?
200
Holden calls many people (including Sally, Stradlater, actors, etc.) this throughout the book
What is phony?
200

What form of narration is used in the novel The Catcher in the Rye?

What is First Person Narrative or First Person Point-of-View?

300

The boy who jumped out the window rather than take back what he said about someone

Who is James Castle?

300

Holden used to go here as a kid for school field trips and now Phoebe goes there

What is the Museum of Natural History? Symbolizes constancy.

300

Holden swears a lot throughout the novel because he feels it makes him look this way

What is older?

300

Holden feels happy at the end as he watches Phoebe do this?

What is ride the carousel?

300

The lyric Holden hears the boy sing.

What is "if a body catch a body coming through the rye"?

400

This Columbia University student advises Holden to see a psychoanalyst

Who is Carl Luce?

400

Where Holden takes Phoebe at the end of the book before he gets sick

What is the carousel?

400

Holden argues with her at the end of the story because he refuses to let her go away with him

Who is Phoebe?

400

Holden gives the impression that he feels a lingering sense of loss over this person's death

Who is Allie?

400

The type of writing J.D. uses for Holden's erratic thoughts.

What is Steam of Consciousness?

500

Female whom Holden tries to make a date with when he gets to New York

Who is Faith Cavendish?

500

Holden wants to be this after hearing a little boy singing a song. And what does it symbolize? You need two answers here.

What is "The Catcher in the Rye?" Symbolizes the preservation of innocence.

500

The hotel where Holden goes in New York after leaving Pencey

What is the Edmont hotel?

500

Holden's tone at the end of the story, as he reflects on having told so many people about "this madman stuff" is

What is regretful and or lonely?

500

The study of the unconscious mind, often used as therapy for the treatment of mental health disorders - experienced by the protagonist in the novel.

What is Psychoanalysis?