New York city is the greatest City in the world. Well I’ve got a little bit of a bias, I used to live there. But more importantly, New York City is home for a very important person named Holden Caulfield.
Q. What year is The Catcher in the Rye set in?
1950s
Table of Contents
- Q. What year is The Catcher in the Rye set in?
- Q. Why was the catcher in the rye banned?
- Q. What is the point of view of Catcher in the Rye?
- Q. Why did Holden quit Elkton Hills?
- Q. Why does Holden see Mr Spencer?
- Q. What is the irony in The Catcher in the Rye?
- Q. What’s the story of Catcher in the Rye?
- Q. What is the main conflict in Catcher in the Rye?
- Q. Why is Holden ironic?
- Q. What does Mr Spencer tell Holden about life?
- Q. Why does Holden cry when Phoebe gives him her money?
- Q. Is Holden a phony?
- Q. Why is Holden still a virgin?
- Q. Why is Holden Caulfield hated?
- Q. What mental disorder does Holden Caulfield have?
- Q. Why was Holden Caulfield depressed?
Q. Why was the catcher in the rye banned?
Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. The book was briefly banned in the Issaquah, Washington, high schools in 1978 when three members of the School Board alleged the book was part of an “overall communist plot.”
Q. What is the point of view of Catcher in the Rye?
The Catcher in the Rye is written in the first person, with Holden acting as both protagonist and narrator, signaling we are getting his limited, biased view of events. Holden frequently interjects references to the second-person “you,” likening the reader to a trusted confidant. …
Q. Why did Holden quit Elkton Hills?
3. What does Holden give us as the reason for “leaving” Elkton Hills? “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies” (13).
Q. Why does Holden see Mr Spencer?
Holden decides to visit Mr. Spencer in the beginning of the novel in order to say goodbye to the teacher. Holden feels that he should say goodbye to Mr. Spencer because he is the only teacher that Holden actually liked at Pencey.
Q. What is the irony in The Catcher in the Rye?
The irony of The Catcher in the Rye is that Holden subconsciously longs to be accepted yet feels he cannot make the connection. Yet he does by making Salinger the unwilling, erstwhile guru to a generation of displaced teenagers who made Holden an icon of their angst.
Q. What’s the story of Catcher in the Rye?
The Catcher in the Rye is set around the 1950s and is narrated by a young man named Holden Caulfield. He visits his elderly history teacher, Spencer, to say goodbye, but when Spencer tries to reprimand him for his poor academic performance, Holden becomes annoyed.
Q. What is the main conflict in Catcher in the Rye?
Major ConflictThe major conflict is within Holden’s psyche. Part of him wants to connect with other people on an adult level (and, more specifically, to have a sexual encounter), while part of him wants to reject the adult world as “phony,” and to retreat into his own memories of childhood.
Q. Why is Holden ironic?
The irony of Holden is that the harder he tries to keep his family and friends at arm’s length, the closer he comes to making unexpected discoveries about them and even himself.
Q. What does Mr Spencer tell Holden about life?
Life is a Game Soon, Mr. Spencer brings up Holden’s expulsion from Pencey. He also talks about getting the opportunity to meet Holden’s parents and calls them ‘grand’ people, which Holden thinks sounds phony. He tells Holden, ‘Life is a game, boy.
Q. Why does Holden cry when Phoebe gives him her money?
Happiness comes from within. Holden cries before he leaves the apartment because his sister has given him her Christmas money. Holden needs money and Phoebe, his little sister, offers him the money she has saved to buy Christmas gifts, he is so touched by her generosity that he cries.
Q. Is Holden a phony?
1. Based on definition number one, Holden Caulfield is a phony because when he introduces himself to people he does not know, he gives himself a different name as well as tells them false stories of his life and past. Hence, him being “fake” and “not real.”
Q. Why is Holden still a virgin?
In contrast, Holden later claims that he’s still a virgin because he always stops at “No,” so what sets him apart from Stradlater and Co. is his refusal to commit what today we’d classify as sexual assault.
Q. Why is Holden Caulfield hated?
People dislike him because he seems to come from a place of privilege and seems to have no reason to be sad. In a way, it’s a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality. Because Holden is smart, white, and priviliged people expect him to get over himself.
Q. What mental disorder does Holden Caulfield have?
Holden displays many common traits of a person with PTSD following this loss. He has substantial amounts of guilt and depression and struggles to remember the details of events in his life. Holden’s emotions seem to be highly unbalanced.
Q. Why was Holden Caulfield depressed?
His past traumas and current issues have led him to depression. In the beginning, Holden tells readers about the two deaths he experienced. His younger brother, Allie, died of leukemia three years prior, which greatly impacted him emotionally. Additionally, a classmate of Holden’s previous school committed suicide.