Transcript The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye
194-214
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Holden’s Health
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“I still had that headache. It was
even worse. And I think I was more
depressed than I ever was in my
whole life.” (194)
“What made it even worse, my eyes
were sore and burny from not getting
too much sleep. Besides that, I was
getting sort of a cold.” (195)
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Holden’s Health
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“I started to sort of laugh. It was about the
worst thing I could’ve done, because the
minute I started to laugh I thought I was
going to vomit.” (196)
“Only, I didn’t eat the doughnuts. I
couldn’t swallow them too well. The thing
is, if you get very depressed about
something, it’s hard as hell to swallow.”
(196)
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Holden’s Health
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“I could hardly get my breath, and I
was still sweating like a bastard.”
(198)
“I sort of had diarrhea, if you want to
know the truth.” (204)
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Holden’s Health
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“I sort of passed out.” (204)
“I got sort of dizzy and I thought I
was going to pass out or something
again.” (206)
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Mr. Antolini
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Pages 194-195
What is Holden doing?
Justifying the possibly inappropriate
behavior of Mr. Antolini
Common behavior of victims
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The Magazine
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Societal Expectations
What influence do societal
expectations have on adolescents in
our society?
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Crossing the Street
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“Then all of a sudden, something
very spooky started happening.
Every time I came to the end of a
block and stepped off the …curb, I
had this feeling that I’d never get to
the other side of the street. I thought
I’d just go down, down, down, and
nobody’d ever see me again.” (197)
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Crossing the Street
• “Boy did it scare me. You can’t
imagine. I started sweating like a
bastard—my whole shirt and
underwear and everything. Then I
started doing something else. Every
time I’d get to the end of a block I’d
make believe I was talking to my
brother Allie…
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Crossing the Street
• …I’d say to him, ‘Allie, don’t let me
disappear. Allie, don’t let me
disappear. Allie, don’t let me
disappear. Please, Allie.’ And then
when I’d reach the other side of the
street without disappearing, I’d thank
him. Then it would start all over again
as soon as I got to the next corner.”
(198)
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Crossing the Street
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What type of fall is Holden talking
about?
Mr. Antolini believed Holden was
heading for a fall.
Falling off the cliff while running in
the field of rye?
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Holden’s New Plan
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Move out west where no one would
know him
Pretend he was a deaf-mute
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“That way I wouldn’t have to have any
… stupid useless conversations with
anybody.” (198)
Marry a beautiful deaf-mute woman.
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Holden’s New Plan
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Live on the outer edge of the woods
so it would be sunny all the time.
• “If we had any children, we’d hide
them somewhere.” (199)
– Keep them in glass cases
– Protect their innocence
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Expletives on the Wall
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Holden sees expletives written on the
walls in the school and museum.
Who does Holden blame for writing
these?
“I figured it was some perverty bum
that’d sneaked in the school late at
night to take a leak or something
and then wrote it on the wall.” (201)
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Expletives on the Wall
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Who is really responsible for writing
these expletives?
Kids
Evidence?
One was written in crayon
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Expletives on the Wall
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Purpose of this Scene?
Flaws of extremism
Not all kids are “good”
Because Holden believes the
expletives on the wall are bad things,
he immediately assumes an adult
did it.
Not always true.
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Holden’s Conclusion
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“It’s hopeless, anyway. If you had a
million years to do it in, you couldn’t
rub out even half the … signs in the
world. It’s impossible.” (202)
Similar to his dream job
He cannot catch every kid in the
field of rye.
Eventually, people will lose their
innocence.
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Holden and Phoebe
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Phoebe packs a bag so that she can go
out west with Holden.
Holden’s reaction:
“No. Shut up.” (206)
“I was almost set to hit her. I thought I
was going to smack her for a second. I
really did.” (206)
“That made her cry even harder. I was
glad. All of a sudden I wanted her to cry
till her eyes practically dropped out. I
almost hated her.” (207)
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Why Does He Have This
Reaction?
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“I think I hated her most because
she wouldn’t be in that play any
more if she went away with me.”
(207)
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Why Does He Have This
Reaction?
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The Play
Represents Phoebe’s childhood
Holden’s actions are depriving
Phoebe of her childhood.
Therefore, he is responsible for
taking away her innocence.
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The Carrousel
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“It played that same song about fifty
years ago when I was a little kid.
That’s one nice thing about
carrousels, they always play the
same songs.” (210)
Similar to the museum
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The Carrousel
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“All the kids kept trying to grab for
the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe,
and I was sort of afraid she’d fall off
the … horse, but I didn’t say
anything or do anything. The thing
with kids is, if they want to grab for
the gold ring, you have to let them do
it, and not say anything. If they fall
off, they fall off, but it’s bad if you
say anything to them.”(211)
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Reaching For The Gold Ring
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Represents change
Risking falling off the horse to grab
the ring = falling of the cliff
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The Red Hunting Hat
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Phoebe puts it on Holden’s head
Phoebe protects Holden
“People are always letting you
down.”
– Finally, someone helps Holden
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The Rain
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Holden gets soaked
Symbolism?
Baptism or New Life?
“I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn
happy, if you want to know the truth. I
don’t know why. It was just that she
looked so damn nice, the way she going
around and around, in her blue coat and
all. God, I wish you could’ve been there.”
(213)
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What Happens To Holden?
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Pages 213-214
Setting of the final chapter:
Holden is in a psychiatric facility in
California
Holden has a nervous breakdown
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Final Lesson
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“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If
you do, you start missing
everybody.” (214)
• Consequences of taking risks
– Especially in forming relationships
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