Stop Whining Holden
Symbolic of confidence; protection
What is the red hunting hat?
The first names of the Usher twins.
What is Roderick and Madeline?
The grandmother from "A Good Man..." believes it is a beautiful day for driving. This is an example of what literary device?
What is irony (situational)?
Both "The Veldt" and "Rocket Man" warn about the dangers of these two things.
What are addiction and technology?
The is another term for a coming-of-age novel.
What is Bilgungsroman?
What does Holden believe it means to be the catcher in the rye?>
Protecting and saving children from adulthood and losing their innocence.
The protagonist of "Rules of the Game"
Who is Waverly?
Based on his actions and the author's diction, Mr. Shiftlet could be considered both of these figures.
A Jesus/Devil Figure.
The father in "The Rocket Man" does this every time he comes home.
Digs his hands into the dirt while looking up at the sky.
All of the short stories from this semester provide some sort of _________ commentary.
What is social?
This represents the struggle to adapt to change while simultaneously providing comfort that all change is temporary.
What are the ducks in Central Park?
What does the narrator notice about the "dead" sisters that foreshadows she is alive? (HOU)
What is her rosy cheeks?
The Misfit suggests what about the followers of Christianity?
They are hypocritical people who are not true believers.
The mother in "Rocket Man" uses this as a coping mechanism.
Pretending her husband is already dead.
Date The Catcher in the Rye was published.
What is 1951?
The dialogue between Holden and _______ demonstrates the similarities between them.
Who is Phoebe?
What does the protagonist's mother in "Rules of the Game" note about society's rules?
You are expected to know them but no one will teach them to you.
One of the ways it is clear that Mrs. Crater's has a desire to get rid of her daughter is when she asks Mr. Shiftlet to teach Lucynell to say _______.
What is sugarpie?
In "The Veldt" the psychiatrist suggest this about the Hadley children.
They are too spoiled.
Most likely, where do most of Holden's problems stem from?
His inability to grieve Allie's death.
What is the significance of the Gold Ring on the carousel?
Realization that sometimes you have to let children "fall"
House of Usher examines the effects of _________.
Isolation; incest; mental illness.
The Misfit says the grandmother may have been a good person if what?
If there had been someone there to shoot her everyday of her life.
When he is home, the father from "Rocket Man" urges his son not to become a rocket man. This suggests he is aware of what?
The anxieties his profession causes his family.
Who is the author of "Rules of the Game"?
Who is Amy Tan?