Catcher in the Rye Characters
Catcher in the Rye Plot
Famous Transcendentalists
Transcendentalism Trivia
100
This character has gray hair on one side of his head.
Holden
100
Holden is obsessed with this swimming bird.
A duck
100
This leader of the Transcendentalism movement is famous for writing an essay called "Civil Disobedience."
Henry David Thoreau
100
Henry David Thoreau went to jail for...
Not paying taxes
200
Young woman who Holden dates.
Sally Hayes
200
The word that Holden uses to describe almost every person he meets.
A phony
200
This famous poet asked, "What good amid these, O me, O life?"
Walt Whitman
200
Ralph Waldo Emerson's most famous work was called "__________".
Nature
300
The girl who was Holden's best friend and who he seems to obsess over throughout the novel.
Who is Jane Gallagher?
300
Why did Holden get suspended from Pencey Prep?
He failed almost all of his classes (except English)
300
What first name did Ralph Waldo Emmerson go by throughout his life?
Waldo
300
Every morning, Thoreau took a bath in this pond and called it a religious experience, reminding him of nature's endless capacity to renew life
Walden Pond
400
The piano player who loved looking at himself in the mirror.
Ernie
400
Holden is really afraid of this and struggles with it throughout the story.
Growing up
400
Famous songstress who wrote, "A Place in this World" and is considered a modern day transcendentalist.
400
A famous actor who is considered a modern-day transcendentalist due to his emphasis on living a simple life in nature, despite his wealth and fame. You used to see him on a famous Disneyland ride.
