$100 Characters
Who is Holden’s anti-social
dorm neighbor?
$100 Characters
Robert Ackley
$200 Characters
Who passed away from leukemia and
their death has greatly affected
Holden?
$200 Characters
Allie
$300 Characters
The elevator operator who offers Holden a
“little tail” then beats him up later on.
$300 Characters
The pimp,
Maurice
$400 Characters
A student advisor from the Whooton
School who Holden meets for drinks
at the Wicker Bar
$400 Characters
Carl Luce
$500 Characters
Holden’s classmate that called
Stabile “conceited” and would not
take it back. He committed suicide.
$500 Characters
James Castle
$100 Symbols
Which symbol represents
Holden’s uniqueness and
individuality?
$100 Symbols
His red hunting hat
$200 Symbols
What contains poems in green
ink and reminds Holden of his
childhood?
$200 Symbols
Allie’s baseball
glove
$300 Symbols
Why does Holden want to be “the catcher in
the rye”?
$300 Symbols
He wants to save children from
losing their innocence
$400 Symbols
What is it about the museum that
makes Holden feel happy when he
visits?
$400 Symbols
What is Holden likes
that the exhibits
never change, they
remain the same. The
only thing that
changes, he says, is
you. The museum
also reminds Holden
of a happier time.
$500 Symbols
The fact that the ducks disappear every
winter and then return every spring
symbolizes what for Holden?
$500 Symbols
Change is not always permanent
$100 Quotes
. . I’m standing on the edge of some
crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to
catch everybody if they start to go over
the cliff—I mean if they’re running and
they don’t look where they’re going I
have to come out from somewhere and
catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d
just be the catcher in the rye and all.”
$100 Quotes
Holden Caulfield
$200 Quotes
“You don’t like anything that’s
happening…you don’t like any
schools. You don’t like a million
things. You don’t.”
$200 Quotes
Phoebe
$300 Quotes
“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game
that one plays according to the rules.”
$300 Quotes
Mr. Spencer
$400 Quotes
In the first place, we are both
practically children. Did you ever
stop to think what you’d do if you
didn’t get a job when your money ran
out? We’d starve to death.”
$400 Quotes
Sally Hayes
$500 Quotes
“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.”
$500 Quotes
Mr. Antolini
$100 Conflicts
Why does Holden fight with
Stradlater?
$100 Conflicts
Stradlater didn’t
appreciate the
composition that
Holden wrote for
him about Allie’s
baseball glove.
He doesn’t want
Stradlater to give
Jane the “time”.
$200 Conflicts
Explain why Holden is in conflict
with himself (man vs. self)?
$200 Conflicts
Holden is in conflict with
himself because he is afraid
of adulthood and change. He
isolates himself from others
because he fears being hurt.
$300 Conflict
Explain why Holden is beaten up
by Maurice.
$300 Conflict
Maurice claims
Holden owes him $5
more for Sunny.
$400 Conflict
Why is Phoebe upset with Holden
when he visits her in the middle of
the night?
$400 Conflict
Because he got the “ax” from school
again.
$500 Conflict
Holden’s internal conflicts cause him to
act out externally. What major event in
his life caused these internal conflicts?
$500 Conflict
The death of Allie
$100 Miscellaneous
Who is the author of Catcher
in the Rye?
$100 Miscellaneous
J.D. Salinger
$200 Miscellaneous
Where is Holden narrating the story from?
$200 Miscellaneous
A mental institution in California a
few months after the events of the
novel took place.
$300 Miscellaneous
Why does Holden describe D.B. as a “prostitute”?
$300 Miscellaneous
Holden calls D.B. a prostitute because
D.B. sells his creativity and knowledge to
Hollywood.
$400 Miscellaneous
What causes Holden to get freaked
out and leave Mr. Antolini’s house?
$400 Miscellaneous
Holden wakes up to Mr. Antolini stroking his head.
$500 Miscellaneous
Why does Holden risk visiting
Phoebe in Chapter 21?
$500 Miscellaneous
Holden believes he is going to
die from pneumonia
Final Question:
We might call Holden a ________________
narrator because we are not sure he is
always telling the truth.
UNRELIABLE NARRATROR