The person Holden admires and loves more than anyone else - is his little sister Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel about growing up and how hard it is to face the adult world. *weet – wet, draigl't – draggled, gin – if, should cry – call out, warl – world, ken – know, ain – own The title of the novel is based on a poem/song by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Afterwards, try to sum up how you were able to explore his character.Make a characterization of his inner and outer world. Even if we cannot trust Holden, try to find out who Holden Caulfield is.So - Holden is a liar! How does this proclamation affect you as a reader?.( The Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger, 1946, 3.1) If I'm on the way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. However, Holden admits that we cannot trust him: "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. Holden is a first-person narrator and as readers we have to depend on him to reveal the story. With what modern words today would we replace the connotations related to "phony"?.Do you think the list is any different from what a teenager would rank as phony today? Explain.
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From reading the opening of the novel, what was it about the adult world, do you think, that Holden would characterize as phony? Make a list.
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"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."