Thursday, December 18, 2008

Catcher in the Rye Ch 12.-16 (Final Post)

Chapter 12
1.What do Holden and the cab driver talk about?
Chapter 13
1.Previously Holden stated he was a "pacifist". Does his description of how he would deal with the "glove thief" support this, or is he just "yellow"?
Chapter 14
1.Does Holden have any guilt feelings about Allie? Do you feel this is abnormal in any way, or normal?
Chapter 15
1.What is the point that Holden tries to make about people when he elaborates about the suitcases of the nuns and of his former roommate?
Chapter 16
1.Does Holden know his way around the city? What does this tell us about him?
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Explain the following quotes that occur:
*He says, "Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake---especially if they were a thousand times nicer than the people you knowthat’re alive and all"?
*Antolini's quote, "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one"?
*He keeps repeating, "Allie, don't let me disappear"?
*Holden states, "The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to letthem do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them"?
*He says, “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”?

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