Catcher In The Rye - Study Questions and answers
According to Holden, Ackley and Stradlater are both slobs. In what ways are they different as slobs?
Straddler doesn't look like a slob because he hides it. He makes himself look good. Ackley looks like a slob and is.
What is unusual about t...
Catcher In The Rye - Study Questions
and answers
According to Holden, Ackley and Stradlater are both slobs. In what ways are they
different as slobs? - answer Straddler doesn't look like a slob because he hides it. He
makes himself look good. Ackley looks like a slob and is.
What is unusual about the way Jane Gallagher plays checkers? What does Holden's
mentioning help illustrate? - answer Jane keeps all the kings at the back. Holden
says "She's get them all lined up in the back row. Then she's never use them. She just
liked the way they looked when they were all in the back row."
Why didn't Holden go down and say hello to Jane Gallagher? - answer Holden didn't
go down to say hello to Jane because he didn't "feel like it".
Who is Allie, and why is his baseball mitt so special to Holden? - answer Allie is
Holden's brother. Allie wrote poems on his mitt for when he had another to do on the out
field.
Why does Holden's parents want to have him psychoanalyzed? - answer Holden's
parents want him to get psychoanalyzed because he broke the windows in the garage.
What does Stradlater criticize Holden for? - answer Holden criticized Holden for
doing things "backasswards".
Why is Holden so concerned about what happened with Jane Gallagher and Stradlater?
- answer Holden thinks Jane and Stradlater did something "funny" together.
What does this possibly reveal about Holden? - answer It reveal Holden still has
feelings for Jane.
What does Holden and Stradlater fight over? - answer Holden and Stradlater got in a
fight because Stradlater wouldn't tell Holden what he did in Ed Banky's car with Jane.
What does Holden put on after the fight? Have we seen him put this on before? -
answer Holden put a red hunting hat on for the first time.
Holden decides to go visit Ackley. How is he received by Ackley? - answer Ackley
asked him what happen because he couldn't sleep with all the noise.
What is he thinking about while laying in bed? - answer Holden was thinking about
Stradlater and Jane.
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