Setting
Where does Holden get expelled from?
Pencey school!
Who is Holden's history teacher, why is their conversation important?
Mr. Spencer, their conversation is important because it is the first marker of how Holden views the world.
What does Holden's red hunting hat represent?
Stuff about rebellion
What does the title suggest
Holden wants to catch people from out the rye in order to preserve their innocence and they don't fall into the adult world.
Is Mr. Ventimiglia the goat
yes
Replicates the mundanity of the phony world that is controlled and maintained by adults who have lost their innocence.
Who is Holden's roommate? Why does he start throwing hands
Stradlater, he throws hands because stradlater went on a date with a girl whom Holden respects.
Why doesn't Holden throw the snowball at things that are white/clean
He doesn't want to tarnish the clean innocent look of those things so he chooses to have the snowball never be thrown. He doesn't want things to change
Why does Holden lie so much?
Coping mechanism to try and adapt to phony society without losing himself, since he doesn't really mean anything. He also uses it to cope with growing up
Favorite aspects of the book? This can be chapters, events, ideologies, whatever.
Something cool
Who is Jane? Why does Holden hold so much respect for her.
Jane is a childhood best friend of Holden. He respects her because she represents innocence.
What does Allie's baseball mitt represent
The mitt represents the purity of children and the cruelty of the adult world, where important things can be taken away at any time.
Do you think Holden is phony?
points for any answer with good reasoning and what not.
On a scale of 1-10 how phony do you think today society is. With reasoning
Points for stuff with reasoning.
How do you think Holden's wealthy background contributes to how he acts? <<Opinionated: Do you think it takes away from his character in any way>>
Points for a good answer that includes how he was indoctrinated into a phony-like family, and how he believes his parents' poor end of raising him is a result of phony living
Why does Holden confide so much in Phoebe?
She is pure, innocent, and reminiscent of his late brother, Allie
Why does Holden put so much emphasis on the look of the nun's suitcases?
The cheaper suitcase makes Holden feel depressed because he comes from a much higher class, highlighting the disparity between people who cannot afford as much as Holden. He feels guilty for owning things other cannot
Where do the ducks go when it is winter time?
He is probably wondering where innocence goes once the coldness of the adult world inevitably arrives? IDK any interpretation that is good