Symbols
The symbolic value of the red hunter's hat
What is Holden's search for love and companionship
The protagonist
Who is Holden?
The name of the school Holden attends in the exposition
What is Pencey Prep?
Who said "Life is a game that one plays according to the rules..."?
Dr. Thurman
The author of the text is ...
Who is JD Salinger?
This represents Holden's inability to connect with others
What is his inability to make a phone call?
Holden's roommate who takes Jane out on a date.
Who is Stradlater?
The decade in which the novel is set.
What is the 1950s?
This is "the only person [Holden] ever showed Allie's baseball mitt to"?
Who is Jane?
The narrative style of the text that sounds like someone rambling their thoughts without stopping.
Stream of consciousness
Represents Holden's desire to understand what will happen to him and what happens when we die
What is Holden's question about where the ducks go when the CP pond freezes over?
The name of the teacher Holden visits
What is Spencer?
Holden's "quest" takes him here.
What is NYC?
Holden describes her as "roller skate skinny"
Who is Pheobe?
The only subject Holden is NOT failing
What is English?
Holden asks this about Jane
What is does she still keep her checkers in the back row?
The term for a character who does not appear in the text but has a tremendous impact on the story or protagonist
What is an absent character?
The place where DB went and sold himself out
What is Hollywood?
This person said "If you was a fish, Mother Nature would take care of you, right?"
Who is Holden's cab driver?
Events taking place in the social context of the novel.
What are Post-WWII, post-Depression and Cold War?
Holden wrote his social studies essay about this topic because they represent one idea of what happens to a person after they die.
What are mummies?
The name of the prostitute who visits Holden.
What is Sonny?
The place from which Holden narrates the events of the story
What is an asylum?
Holden is describing this person when he says" That guy had just about everything. Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumby fingernails. You had to feel a little sorry for that crazy sonuvabitch."
Who is Ackley?
A German word for a coming-of-age story.
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