The Catcher in the Rye Chapt. 1-8 – Flashcards
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What is Holden going to tell the reader about?
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Things that happened to him last December
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What does Holden's brother do?
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D.B. is a writer
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Why did Holden get kicked out of Pencey Prep?
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Failing 4 classes
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Who is Holden going to see? Why?
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Mr. Spencer, to go say good bye before he gets kicked out.
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What is Holden's opinion about life?
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Life is full of phonies and its not a game
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How many schools had Holden attended?
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4
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How does Holden's hair look like?What is the symbolic significance of this?
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One side is filled grey and the other side if his natuural color. Symbolically, Holden id part adult and part child/
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What did Holden write on his final exam fro Mr. Spencer's class?
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A letter saying don't fell bad about failing him
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What does Holden say about himself at the beginning of the chapter?
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He says he is a liar.
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Where did Holden live at Pencey?
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Ossenburger Memorial wing
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What did Holden buy in N.Y. earlier that day?
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Red hunting hat
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Who lived next door to Holden? How is he described?
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Robert Ackley, he's annoying has bad teeth bad skin. He has dirty ears and nasty personality.
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What does Holden tell the reader about his roommate's personal habits?
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Ward Stradlater. He is conceited, handsome and athletic
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What favor does Stradlater want from Holden?
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Write an English Essay.
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Who is Stradlater's date? How does she know Holden?
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Jane Gallagher, they were neighbors in the summer.
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What stories does Holden tell about Stradlater's date? What does he say about her family?
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They played checkers and she is a ballet dancer/ Bad childhood parents got divorced
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What does Holden's reaction to hearing about Stradlater's date tell the reader about his feeling to the girl?
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He has a strong feeling for Jane
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What did they always serve for dinner on Saturday's at Pencey?Why?
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Steak, Parents visit on Sundays
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What does Holden plan to do on Saturday night?Who comes with him?
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Go to the Movies. Ackley and Mal Brossard
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What story does Ackley repeat to Holden? Why doesn't Holden believe it?
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He says he had sex. Ackley is ugly and the details change.
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What does Holden write the essay about?What happen to his brother, Allie? How does Holden describe him?
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His brother's baseball glove. He died of cancer, he was sweet smart and well-liked almost like a Perfect kid.
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Why does Holden's parents want to have him psychoanalyzed? What is the result of his actions?
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He punched out all of the garage windows, can't make a tight fist.
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What was Holden worried about?
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Jane on the date with Stradlater.
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How does Stradlater react when he read the composition? What does Holden do as a result?
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He criticizes the essay. Holden rips it up and throws it in the the garbage.
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Why does holden decide to smoke a cigarette?
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To make Stradlater upset.
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What did Stradlater do on hist date? What does he do to Holden that gets him upset?
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Stradlater won't tell him. He punches Holden in the shoulder.
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What does Holden try to do? What dos Stradlater do? Why does Stradlater eventually punch him?
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Holden tries to punch him. Stradlater holds Holden down/ holden wont shut up
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how does holden look when he sees himself in the mirror?how many fights has he been in during his life? how does he describe himself?
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Face covered in blood. 2 fights, 2 losses. pacifist.
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What statement does holden make in the narration, to show how depressed he is?
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He wants to go talk to Ackley.
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What does Holden feel like doing when he thinks about Jane and Stradlater in Ed Banky's car?
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He wants to jump out the window?
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how does Holden know about Stradlater's technique? how does he describe it?
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Double Dated, lies and manipulates
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What comment does Holden make the offends ackley?Why is ackley's response to holden ironic?
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he comments about monks and religion. Ackley says goddam, chrissakes.
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Why does Holden decide to go home to NYC? Why is he going to wait a few days before he goes to his house?
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he is depressed and hates pencey. it will give his parents a few days to absorb and digest the news that he got kicked out
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What depresses Holden when he is packing up Why?
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His mother had sent him new ice skates, while he is flunking out.
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What does the fact that holden is crying as he leaves show the reader about him? why do you think he yells to all the other boys before he leaves.
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He is going to miss pencey. He wants attention.
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Who gets on the train in Trenton? What does she do?
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Ernest Morrow's mom/ Sits next to holden
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What does the woman notice about Holden's suitcase? how does Holden describe her son?
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The Pencey Sticker, He is the biggest bastard/
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What name does Holden give to the lady? Why does he fell bad about giving her a fake name?
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Roudolf Schmit (who is the janitor) Holden liked her and found her to be very attractive.
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What lies does holden tell the woman about her son? How does she react to this information?
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He is the most popular, he adapts himself very well to things, He is sensitive. She was proud and surprised of her son.
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What does Holden say that Ernest will stay his entire life? What will his mother think of him?
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how does holden explain the fact that he is heading home early?
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he says he is going back home due to an "operation" on his brain tumor.
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What is the final lie that Holden tells the woman after she invites him to visit her son that Summer? What is his final about ernest?
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That he was going to go visit his grand mother in South America. He wouldn't visit him for all the dough in the world even if he was desperate.
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Flashback
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Literary element in which the narrator goes back in the past/
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Allusion
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Reference to something outside of a work of literature that the writer expects the reader to know
