Catcher in the Rye
ch. 5-13
1.he thinks she is pretty
2.her son is nice and popular, and that he has a brain tumor and her son is nice and popular nice and popular and also he has a brain tumor and is a bellhop at the tipton hotel in new york city. also that he has been kicked out of 4 schools, pencey prep, ohio state, florida state, and independence. i have a phony sister named phoebe he says, and also a brother named allie who used to have a very nice baseball mitt. he passed away due to cancer. stradlater is my roommate and he can be a real jerk sometimes. hes strong though, and i am rather weak. we got into a fight because he went on a date with this girl named jane ghallager, who i like, and he beat me up pretty good. i had blood everywhere and i also wear a red cap.
2. Why did Holdens parents want to have him psychoanalyzed? Holdens parents wanted to have him psychoanalyzed because he had spent the night in the garage and broke all the windows with his bare hands. He also had tried to break the car windows but was unable to because his had already be dislocated.
1. What does Stradlater criticize Holden for? Stradlater criticizes Holden for “always” doing things backwards and not doing anything the way he is suppose to, meaning school work.
2. What does Holden so concerned about what happened with Jane Gallagher and Stradlater? What does this this possibly reveal about Holden? Holden was extremely concerned about Stradlater date with Jane Gallagher because he use to live next door to Jane and they were good friends and enjoyed playing checkers “all the time”. They way Holden kept asking Stradlater about Jane reveals that Holden really cares a lot about Jane and probably loves her and doesnt realize it.
3. What do Holden and Stradlater fight over?