Catcher in the Rye Chapters 7-14 Flashcards
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Catcher in the Rye Chapters 7-14 Flashcards

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What did the chair in the lobby smell like, and what did Holden's cab in Ch. 12 smell like?

Vomity

What things do Jane and Holden do while watching movies that blow Holden away?

Jane puts her hand on the back of Holden's neck.

What does Holden ask Ackley to play?

Canasta

What time does Holden head over to Ackley's?

<p>11:30</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden know about how Stradlater interacts with his dates?

<p>Holden knows that Stradlater tries to snow up his date in a nice, sincere tone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden ask Ackley about his religion?

<p>He asked if you have to be a Catholic in order to join a monastery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden tell Ackley the fight was about initially?

<p>Holden tells Ackley they fought about Stradlater calling Ackley lousy, and Holden says he was defending Ackley's honor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden think he'd be okay to stay in Ackley's room?

<p>Holden thinks he'd be okay to stay because Ely, Ackley's roommate, was never there on weekends.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What politician does Holden link to Ackley/Stradlater?

<p>Abraham Lincoln</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Ackley want to sleep?

<p>He needs to get up early and get to Mass in the morning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden decide to do as he walks down the empty halls at Pencey?

<p>He kept kicking at an empty box of Kolynos toothpaste with his sheep-lined slippers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Holden going to go see before making his decision?

<p>Mal Brossard</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Holden specifically want to give his parents some time to digest 'Thurmer's letter'?

<p>His mother gets very hysterical.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why was Holden sad while packing up his room?

<p>He had to pack brand new ice-skates his mother had recently got him, and he asked for racing skates, not hockey.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Holden have a good amount of cash on hand?

<p>His grandmother sent him money for his birthday four times a year.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden do after packing before leaving Pencey?

<p>He went to Frederick Woodruff, the guy with his typewriter. Holden asks how much he'd be willing to buy the typewriter for, and Frederick eventually buys it for twenty dollars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden shout as he left Pencey?

<p>Sleep tight, ya morons!</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden do right before shouting?

<p>He took one last look down the corridor, then put his red hunting hat on.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does Holden go immediately after leaving Pencey? How does he get there?

<p>He goes to the train station. He gets there by walking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Holden wash his face?

<p>He got some snow in his hand and washed his face with it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden like to buy on the trains when riding at night? Does he do it this time?

<p>He usually buys a ham sandwich and four magazines. He doesn't do it all the time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who sits next to Holden, and what does she do as she sits down?

<p>A lady on Trenton, Mrs. Morrow, and she stuck her big bag out in the middle of the aisle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What pseudonym does Holden give to the woman who sits next to him and why is it significant?

<p>Rudolf Schmidt. It's significant because it's the name of the janitor at their school, and he gives it to her because he doesn't want to tell his life story.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Holden say he hurt his nose when asked about it on the train?

<p>He says the icy part of a snowball hit him in the face.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden say about Ernie Morrow? Why?

<p>He has a very original personality that takes him a while to get to know and that he's one of the more popular boys. He said this to intrigue Mrs. Morrow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden invite the woman sitting next to him to do?

<p>To smoke a cigarette with him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the truth about Ernie Morrow? What kind of person is he? What does Holden tell his mom, though?

<p>Ernie Morrow is actually an insensitive person, and not as sensitive as his mother thinks. Holden, however, tells his mom that he has an original personality and that he's pretty cool.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden say he'd be allowed to get a drink in the club car? Why doesn't he actually go get one?

<p>Holden says this because of his height and some gray hairs that he has. He doesn't actually go get one because Mrs. Morrow says he's too young, and the club car is closed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What reason does Holden give for his leaving Pencey early before Christmas break begins?

<p>He tells Mrs. Morrow that he's having an operation on a tiny tumor in his brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What reason does Holden give for not visiting with the Morrows over summer?

<p>He said he was going to South America with his grandmother.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did Holden want to call when he got off the train, and why didn't he?

<p>He wanted to call Sally Hayes, but he didn't because he was afraid her mother would answer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long was Holden in the phone booth?

<p>For twenty minutes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden ask the cab driver about after he asks him to turn around?

<p>He asked the cab driver where the ducks in Central Park South go after the lake freezes over.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Holden think he looks in his red hunting cap?

<p>Holden thinks he looks like a screwball.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why didn't he want to wear his hat to check in at the hotel? Why was that ironic?

<p>He didn't want to wear his red hunting cap out of fear of looking like a screwball, which was ironic because he never really cared about what he looked like in the hat. He didn't want to blend in with the perverts and morons at the hotel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What hotel does he stay in?

<p>Edmont Hotel</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden see the people doing in the hotel room across from him?

<p>He saw a guy cross-dressing and walking up and down the room, he also saw a man and a woman squirting water at each other with their mouths.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the problem for Holden to being 'crumby' with girls that he likes?

<p>He thinks if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did Holden think about calling long distance, and why did he ultimately decide not to do it?

<p>Jane, and he decides not to do it because he wasn't in the mood to lie.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does he decide to call, and where did he get the number from?

<p>Faith Cavendish. He gets the number from a guy from Princeton he met at a party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Faith react to Holden calling her so late? What makes her change her mind?

<p>She was initially pissed off, but she changed her mind after Holden brings up Eddie Birdsell and says he's from Princeton College.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the end result of the conversation?

<p>Nothing really happens; they tell each other good night, then hang up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of girl was Faith?

<p>She lived at Stanford Arms Hotel and used to be a burlesque stripper. She's more about her business.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do you know about Phoebe Caufield? What does she like to do? What do she and Holden do?

<p>She's the pretty and smart 10-year-old kid sister of Holden; she has red hair and is skinny. She likes to write books. She and Holden used to watch movies and go to the park on Sundays.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does Holden ask to dance?

<p>He asks one of the three girls, specifically the blonde one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Is she a good dancer? Why/what makes a good dancer, according to Holden?

<p>She was a really good dancer. According to Holden, a good dancer is when he has his hand on their back and if he thinks there isn't anything underneath his hand—no can, no legs, no feet, no anything, they are a good dancer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was she from?

<p>Seattle, Washington.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did she see buying a newspaper?

<p>Peter Lorre.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did she get upset with Holden?

<p>Because of his inappropriate language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What item of clothing do the three girls not from NYC have on, and why might that be significant to Holden?

<p>They all wore hats that made it obvious that they weren't from New York, and this might be significant to him because he wears hats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the three girls' names?

<p>Bernice, Marty, and Laverne.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did they work?

<p>In the same insurance office in Seattle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What lie did Holden tell to kid them, and what was their reaction?

<p>He told them he just saw Gray Cooper, the movie star. They were very excited and looked all around for him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Be aware of the three different girls and their three different personalities.

<p>Bernice - Pretty blonde one, not a sister. Laverne - Ugly sister of Marty, but with a sense of humor. Marty - Ugly sister of Laverne, and quite corny and uninteresting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why didn't the girls stick around as the club was closing?

<p>They told Holden they were going to bed and that they were going to get up early to see the first show at Radio City Music Hall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was on Holden's brain after he left the bar/club and dancing with Bernice, Marty, and Laverne?

<p>Jane.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden think HADN'T happened when Stradlater had Jane in Banky's car?

<p>That they got to know each other and have sex.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden do with Jane every morning and every afternoon over the summer?

<p>He played tennis with her in the morning and golf in the afternoon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Holden first meet Jane, and why didn't she want to talk to him?

<p>He met her because her dog used to relieve itself on her lawn; she didn't want to talk to him because she thought he was angry about the dog.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many balls did Jane lose the first time she played golf with Holden? Why?

<p>Eight balls. She wouldn't open her eyes when she swung the ball.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden show to Jane, that he'd never shown to anyone else other than his family?

<p>Allie's baseball mitt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why didn't Holden's mom like Jane?

<p>She always thought Jane and her mother were snub.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Holden think he'd gotten closest to necking with Jane? What happened?

<p>On a Saturday afternoon when they were playing checkers. She was crying because of her father and Holden was comforting her by kissing her, but she got up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does Holden decide to go at the end of ch. 11?

<p>Ernie's.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens on NYC streets late at night that makes Holden feel so depressed?

<p>When somebody laughs in the streets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden ask his cab driver about Central Park?

<p>If he knew where the ducks went in the wintertime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What two options does Holden consider for the Central Park ducks?

<p>Flying away to the south or somebody in a truck picking them up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the cab driver say happens to the fish in the Central Park lagoon over winter? How do they stay alive?

<p>He says they stay in the lake. They stay frozen in the ice and use their bodies for nutrition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Holden's Ch. 12 cabbie's name?

<p>Horwitz.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was playing the piano at the club, and why didn't Holden like it?

<p>Ernie was, and because it was supposed to be holy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are Holden's two favorite drinks?

<p>Scotch and Soda and frozen Daiquiris.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why was Holden able to drink alcohol at Ernie's?

<p>Nobody cared about his age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does the girl stay with the funny looking guy at the table on Holden's left, if the funny looking guy is so boring?

<p>Because the funny looking guy was all the girl could get.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the guy at the table at the right doing with his attractive date?

<p>Feeling her up under the table.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does Holden ask the waiter to ask to join him and why?

<p>He asks Ernie, and he does it because he's bored and lets them know he's D.B.'s brother.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who comes up to Holden and how does he know her? Who was she with, and what did he do that Holden hates?

<p>Lilian Simmons. He knows her because she hung out with his brother D.B. She was with some navy officer and he shook his hand tightly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden have to leave Ernie's?

<p>He says that he has to meet somebody.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden hate to tell people he's glad to have met them? Why does he do it?

<p>Because he's not really glad to meet people, and he does it because you have to if you want to stay alive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden do immediately after leaving Ernie's? Why?

<p>He walked all the way back to the hotel. He didn't feel like getting back in a cab.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What would Holden do if he found out who stole his gloves at Pencey? Why does this make him yellow?

<p>He'd just approach them and get the gloves back. It makes him yellow because he's not very hostile.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden hate fights, and what would he rather do than get into a fight?

<p>Because he's yellow and would rather talk or insult the person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why doesn't Holden go into the dive bar?

<p>Because these two heavily drunk guys came out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the hotel lobby smell like?

<p>Fifty million dead cigars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens in the elevator?

<p>The guy inside offered Holden a prostitute and said if he wanted a good time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is Holden still a virgin, according to him?

<p>It's because every time he gets close with a girl, something happens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Holden do initially upon returning to his hotel room?

<p>He puts some water in his hair and also tests his breath, and cleans himself up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What book did Holden start thinking about while waiting on his prostitute to arrive, and why?

<p>A book about Monsieur Blanchard who is some suave guy, and he thinks about it because he wants to know about horsing around.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to Holden on his way to open the door to his hotel room?

<p>He trips over his suitcase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Holden's reaction when the prostitute takes off her dress?

<p>He felt peculiar and a little depressed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Holden think the prostitute was young?

<p>She was very nervous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the prostitute's name?

<p>Sunny.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What thoughts does Holden have as he's hanging up the prostitute's dress?

<p>He felt sad; he thought of her going to the store and buying the dress, and nobody knowing she's a prostitute.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Holden tell her he doesn't want to do anything?

<p>He'd rather talk about other stuff.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the prostitute try to do as she leaves? What's Holden's reaction?

<p>She tried to ask for money, and Holden was scared she'd hassle him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does she call Holden as she leaves?

<p>A crumb-bum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden start to do because he was depressed?

<p>He starts talking to Allie really loudly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did it mean when Holden would tell his brother Allie to get his bike and meet him at Bobby Fallon's house?

<p>It meant that they were going to play with BB guns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did Holden argue with about the Bible? And what were their arguments about?

<p>Arthur Childs. Their arguments were about the disciples and Judas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Holden think happened to Judas?

<p>Holden thought Jesus wouldn't send Judas to Hell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why couldn't Holden pray? What did he keep picturing?

<p>He couldn't pray because he kept picturing Sunny calling him a crumb-bum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Smells and Atmosphere

  • Lobby furniture gave off a smell reminiscent of vomit.
  • Holden's taxi smelled similarly unsettling.

Relationships and Interactions

  • Jane touched Holden affectionately, causing strong emotional reactions.
  • Holden believes Jane’s interactions with him have deeper implications.

Social Dynamics

  • Ackley and Stradlater's interactions are characterized by manipulation.
  • Holden refers to Abraham Lincoln when discussing Ackley's traits.

Holden's Movements

  • He leaves Pencey at 11:30, motivated by a desire to avoid confrontation and disappointment.
  • His journey includes physical interactions, like kicking a box, reflecting his restless mind.

Emotional Landscape

  • Packing his belongings evokes sadness, especially missing his ice skates.
  • He values privacy, believing his mother will react hysterically upon receiving news.

Financial Aspects

  • He has financial means due to consistent birthday money from his grandmother.
  • Interactions related to money are frequent, including selling a typewriter for cash.

Train Encounters

  • On a train, Holden meets Mrs. Morrow, creating a narrative about a fictitious operation to mask his reality.
  • He expresses concerns about the fate of the Central Park ducks during winter, indicating his tendency to ruminate on existential issues.

Vulnerability with Women

  • Holden feels emotionally vulnerable yet estranged from female interactions, exemplified through his conversation with Faith Cavendish.
  • He struggles between his longing for connection and fears of rejection or dishonesty.

Memories of Jane

  • Jane is a recurring figure, representing innocence and emotional comfort in Holden's memories.
  • Their past interactions reflect Holden's feelings of longing and discomfort with adulthood.

Nightlife Experiences

  • Experiences in bars and clubs illustrate Holden’s disconnection from adult social norms and his increasing sense of alienation.
  • He despises the superficial nature of relationships showcased in the nightlife scenes.

Internal Conflicts

  • Holden's virginity symbolizes his complex relationship with sexuality, tied to emotional trauma.
  • He communicates with Allie, reflecting his enduring grief and desire for connection with lost loved ones.

Philosophical Reflections

  • Holden debates moral and philosophical ideas, such as his views on Judas and religious beliefs, shedding light on his internal struggles and doubts.
  • Prayer becomes difficult for him, interconnected with his distress over interpersonal relationships and self-worth.

Final Thoughts

  • The narrative showcases Holden's detachment from society, emotional turmoil, and quest for genuine connections amidst an increasingly inauthentic world.
  • His experience reflects broader themes of adolescence, loss, and the search for identity in a confusing environment.

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