Catcher in the Rye REVIEW GUIDE

Catcher in the Rye: Study Guide
Be able to explain the following themes and give examples of three scenes that fit each theme:
Loss of Innocence
Rebellion From Society
Mental Instability
Death
Hypocrisy
Sexual Confusion

Be able to explain the following symbols – what they represent and why they are important:

Allie’s Baseball Glove
Holden’s Red Hunting Cap
The Duck Pond
The Carrousel
Holden Caulfield’s name
Kings in the back row
Prep School Life
The title

List and explain five allusions.
Explain the major conflict.
List the point of view.
Discuss how Holden is an unreliable narrator.
Discuss how Holden in an anti-hero.
Discuss how Catcher in the Rye is a Bildungsroman novel.
Pick out and explain three ironies.
Discuss Holden’s character development.
Outline the plot.
Briefly discuss Holden’s relationship with girls (Jane, Sally, Sunny, Bernice, Marty, Larverne, Faith Cavendish, Mrs. Morrow)

Discuss the importance of the following characters:
Achey
Stradlater
Horwitz
Ernie
D.B.
Phoebe
Allie
Maurice
Carl Luce
Lillian Simmons
Mr. Antolini
Mr. Spencer

List some schools that Holden got kicked out or (or left).
Given a quotation be able to identify the speaker
Compare Holden Caulfield to Scout Finch.