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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger [by jnater] fully solved graded A+
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger[by jnater]
Ackley - correct answer ✔✔Holden's next door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey; cuts his toenails and
leaves them on the floor
Stradlater - correct answer ✔✔Holden's roommate at Pencey; dates Jane Gallagher; handsome, wealthy,
and popular
Jane Gallagher - correct answer ✔✔one of the few girls that Holden respects; dated Stradlater
Allie - correct answer ✔✔Holden's brother who died of leukemia; Holden describes him as the smartest
Caufield and keeps his baseball mitt
DB - correct answer ✔✔Holden's older brother; writer; Holden considers him a prostitute because he
writes because he writes for Hollywood movies
Mr. Spencer - correct answer ✔✔Holden's history teacher at Pencey who tries to help Holden figure out
his problems; Holden is disgusted because this character is old
red hunting hat - correct answer ✔✔symbol of Holden's uniqueness and individuality
How does Holden let the fencing team down? - correct answer ✔✔They were going to New York and he
forgot the team equipment on the subway.
Why is Holden being kicked out of Pencey Prep? - correct answer ✔✔He is kicked out for failing 4/5 of
classes. The only class he passed was English.
, What does Spencer do that particularly annoyed Holden? - correct answer ✔✔He read aloud one of
Holden's essays
What does Ackley do that annoys Holden? - correct answer ✔✔He walks around Holden's room, picks up
all this stuff, and put it back in the wrong place
One item was Holden's picture of a girl he "used to go around with" named Sally Hayes
Holden gives up and starts to "horse around"-- Pulling hunting cap over his eyes and pretending to be
blind
Remind us how he said he sometimes acts like he's 12
Ackley asks about the hat and informs him that it is a deer-hunting hat
Holden syas no and that it is a people-shooting hat
Ackely proceeds to cut his toenails and leave the clippings all over the floor.
Who is Stradlater? Why does Holden refer to him as a "secret slob"? What does he look like? - correct
answer ✔✔He is a slob. He acts like he has it all put together but he does not
Why does it make Holden nervous that Stradlater is going out with Jane Gallagher? - correct answer
✔✔Because it is suggested that Jane was his first love and he probably still loves her, so he is nervous
that Stradlater will try and make a move on her, and possibly even more so that she will let him
Who is Allie, and why is his baseball mitt so special to Holden? - correct answer ✔✔Allie would write
poems on his mitt when he was bored out in the outfield. He died young of Leukemia. Notice: At age 13,
his brother died. This is around the time when he started getting kicked out of school. His parents
wanted him to be psychoanalyzed.
Why did Holden's parents want to have him psychoanalyzed? - correct answer ✔✔He punched a window
and was acting pretty crazy after Allie died, got kicke dout of loads of schools, so his parents wanted to
get him psychoanalyzed because it was the hip thing to do at the time. They just wanted to seem like
they were trying to 'fix' him
What do Holden and Stradlater fight over? - correct answer ✔✔Holden wants to know the details of the
date and Stradlater says that he "does not kiss and tell."
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