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// Reading Assignment #4 // // The Catcher in the Rye // : Chap. 14-17 (p. 98-134). Whenever possible, note down a page number as reference.

1. Why did Maurice hit Holden? Maurice hit holden because he wouldn't pay the five bucks and he called him a moron. 2. Holden said he felt like committing suicide. Why didn't he? Because he knew that someone would cover him up and he didn't want rubbernecks looking at him when he was in glory. 3. Identify Sally Hayes. Is a girl that goes to Mary A. Woodruff, she knew Holden for 5 years. He thinks she is very good looking. 4. Why did Holden check out of the hotel, and where did he go? Because he didn't feel like staying or sleeping in any more hotels so he want o the Grand Central Station and put his bags there. 5. Who did Holden meet at the "little sandwich bar" after he locked his bags at the station? What did they talk about? Holden meet two nuns at the "little sandwich bar" they started talking about Romeo and Juliet.

6. What record did Holden get for Phoebe? Why? The Record that Holden bought for Phoebe was "Little Shirely Beans," which was obviously intended for children. Holden buys the reocrd for Phoebe because he wants her to maintain her innocence. But when he drops the record in the park, it shatters. The shattering of a children's record represents the shattering of innocence. Holden desperately scrambles to pick up the pieces of the record because he is trying to maintain all the innocence he can find. 7. What made Holden "not so depressed anymore" on his way to the record store? Before entering the store a little boy is singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye".

8. Why didn't Holden like actors? Holden did not like actors in Catcher in the Rye because they always came across as "phony" people who were not living up to what they say they believed in. 9. Why did Holden like the museum so much? Holden liked the museum because nothing moved; it stayed the same. 10. What did Holden think of "George something--"? Holden calls "George something" a phony that Sally met on their date. 11. How did Holden's feelings for Sally change from the beginning of the date to the end? At the beginning of the date, Holden started to get emotional and he was in love with sally. Towards the end of the date, Holden asks Sally if she wants to run away with him and escape from society; but Sally tells Holden that his dreams are ridiculous. Holden becomes furious and calls Sally, "a royal pain in the ass."