Characters
The girl Holden first met on vacation who likes to keep her kings in the back row
Who is Jane Gallagher?
Represents Holden's fear of change, death, concern for what happens in the afterlife
What is the duckpond/What are the ducks?
“Life is a game boy, Life is a game that one plays according to the rules."
The speaker
Who is Mr Spencer?, also acceptable: Who is Holden's former English teacher?
A narrative style that tries to capture a character’s thought process in a realistic way. It may include digressions, sensory details, a lack of punctuation, etc.
What is stream of consciousness?
Holden missed Allie's funeral because he was here
Where is the hospital?
The person who loans Holden all of his/her Christmas money when he is running low
Who is Phoebe?
The biggest symbol of innocence, it also represents Holden's tie with his brother Allie
What is Allie's baseball mitt?
"I think I even miss that goddam Maurice. It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start _______ ________."
It's the ending of the book.
What is "missing everybody?"
Writing that includes a figure of speech where a person, place, object, or event represents something beyond its literal meaning, conveying deeper ideas, themes, or emotions
What is symbolism?
Near the end of the book when Holden is really unwell and thinking he might disappear, he imagines this person helping him across the street
Who is Allie?
The girl who wanted to see herself in a short skating skirt after attending a Broadway show with Holden
Who is Sally Hayes?
Used to express his individuality, it also physically separates and isolates him from the rest of society
What is the red hunting cap?
"I kept walking and walking, and I kept thinking about old Phoebe going to that museum on Saturdays the way I used to. I thought how she’d see the same stuff I used to see, and how she’d be different every time she saw it. It didn’t exactly depress me to think about it, but it didn’t make me feel gay as hell, either. Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone."
Not a question but how does this relate to Holden getting older?
Holden does not want to grow up
A narrative structure where the story's ending returns to a similar or identical state as the beginning, creating a sense of completion or recurrence
What is a cyclical plot?
Where Holden feels most comfortable
What is the Museum of Natural History?
When Holden is desperate for a place to stay, he visits this teacher and then runs away from him late at night
Who is Mr Antolini?
Because people are literally not being themselves in them, they represent phoniness
What are movies?
"If a body catch a body coming through the rye. . ."
Not a question. Explain what this is.
What is the song that Holden keeps singing, explains what he wants to be when he grows up, misremembers? Any of these will work.
A narrative technique that reveals a character's thoughts, feelings, and internal reflections, as if the reader is directly privy to the character's mind. Not stream of consciousness.
What is inner monologue?
The person he keeps calling but hanging up without talking to
Who is Jane Gallagher?
The prostitute Holden meets but ends up only talking to
Who is Sunny?
These TWO things best represent innocence and consistency, things staying the same, never changing.
What are the carousel and the Museum of Natural History?
"All the kids kept trying to grab for the ______ ______, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say anything or do anything. the thing with kids is, if they want to grab the ______ _______, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them."
What is the "gold ring?"
A novel that focuses on the protagonist's psychological and moral development, particularly their growth from childhood to adulthood, often exploring themes of self-discovery and coming of age. This is the term Ms Bach didn't know before this unit.
What is bildungsroman?
The two states where the novel takes place