The Catcher in the Rye - Post 7

The Catcher in the Rye - Pg 132-153
5 Strong comments about characters and plot
- Holden is a heavy drunk.
- Carl Luce does not like talking about his personal life and sex even though he talks about other people's lives.
- Holden does not like watching "phony" movies.
- Holden gets in touch with Jane and finds out she is dating another man named Al Pike.
- Holden gets into an argument with Sally Hayes.

4 Insightful Questions
- Why is Holden insisting to go around the world with Sally all of a sudden?
- Why is Holden so interested with Carl Luce's sexual life?
- Why does Holden want to meet Valencia so badly?
- Why does Holden want to meet up with all of his old friends?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Sacrilegious (pg 137): acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred
- Flit (pg 143): To unpredictably change state for short periods of time; A homosexual
- Boisterous (pg 150): noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "My teeth started chattering like hell" (Salinger 153).
- Metaphor - "I think he hated the army worse than the war" (Salinger 140).

1 Summary Sentence
- After getting into an argument with Sally Hayes, Holden meets with Carl Luce and starts to try to find out about his sexual life.