Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Passage

"The way I wore it I swung the old peak way around the back --- very corny, I'll admit, but I liked it that way. I looked good in it that way." (21)



Passage + Question

Why is his ex-neighbor so important to him?

Passage/Question

"I don't think I'll ever forgive him for reading that crap out loud. I wouldn't read it out loud to him if he'd written it- I really wouldn't In the first place, I'd only written he damn note so that he wouldn't feel bad for flunking me."

Why does reading his paper aloud hurt Holden so much if he does not care at all about his grades.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

passage/ Question



"Well, you could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me. So I shot the bull for a while. I told him I was a real moron, and all that stuff. I told him how I would've done exactly the same thing if I'd been in his place, and how most people didn't appreciate how tough it is being a teacher." (Page 12-13)



Why can't Holden stop thinking about his old neighbor, Jen Galligher?

Discussion Question

Why is Holden so bothered by phonies and why does he tend to think the people around him are phonies?

Passages: chapters 2-4

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Discussion questions: Catcher chapters 2-4

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