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English #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the outside framework of the story? | He is at a rest home talking to a psychoanalyst. |
| What are the four purposes of outside framework? | They establish the reason for the end, provides intimate details, adds depth to the story / layer of meaning, and relates to the themes in question. |
| What is the inside framework of the story? | Holden's story as a flashback. |
| What are the two purposes of inside framework? | The thoughts and actions / development of the character is seen and it builds support for the themes. |
| What was Salinger's style? | He was considered an idiomatic expression master ( used idioms well) |
| What is first person? | The main character's point of view, and it is seen through the eyes of the main character, I pronoun. |
| What is a narrative? | A story or account of events. |
| What is a confessional? | A story of admittance. |
| What is the Stream of Consciousness? | Every single thought that the speaker has. |
| What is dialogue? | Conversation and talking; one person talking to another. |
| What is a flashback? | Reflecting on something that's already happened. |
| What is colloquial language and slang (vernacular) | Words that are connected to the time period and setting. |
| What are Salinger's 3 genres? | Quest Narrative, Picaresque, and Psychological. |
| What is a quest narrative? | A story where one seeks to discover truth, values, ones self, and ones place in society. |
| What is a picaresque? | It is a chronicle, autobiographical story that presents the life of a trouble maker involved in non-important tasks. They make their living through wits rather than industry. |
| What is a psychological? | Of the mind, relates to the mental and emotional state of a person. |
| What is realism? | (1860-1890) The character is more important than action, middle class, comic, satiric, and matter of fact. Also verisimilitude, which is seeing the truth; true to reality. |
| What is romanticism? | Focus on nature and its beauty. Emotion is more important than reason, and focuses on scenes over intellect. Also imagination is a shaping power. |
| What was the meaning behind the red hunting hat and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents protection, anger, nonconformity, and Holden's alienation and loneliness. It is a symbol and a motif. |
| What was the meaning behind pencey prep and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents the phony and corrupt world that we live in. It is a symbol, image, and motif. |
| What was the meaning behind Central Park and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents freedom and peace, and an escape from reality. It is an image and symbol. |
| What was the meaning behind the ducks and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | They represent protecting innocence, freedom, and Holden's fear of change and the future. It is a symbol and motif. |
| What was the meaning behind the record and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents childhood innocence, insecurity, and when it breaks it represents that growing up is inevitable. It is a symbol. |
| What was the meaning behind the mummies and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | They represent permanence, resistance to change, and the preservation of innocence. It is a symbol. |
| What was the meaning behind the unmade phone calls and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | They represent Holden's fear of rejection, his loneliness, and inability to connect with others. |
| What was the meaning behind the curse words on the wall and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents Holden's attempt to protect children's innocence from the corrupting influence of the adult world. It is a symbol and image. |
| What was the meaning behind the carousel song and was it a motif, image, or symbol? | It represents the innocent nature of childhood, but it also represents the inevitable process of growing up. |
| Who is Dick Slagle? | Holden's old roommate who hides his inexpensive suitcases underneath his bed, and keeps Holden's out so people will think that Holden's nice suitcases are his. |
| Who is James Castle? | A boy from Holden's old school that committed suicide by falling out of a window after a group of boys locked him in a room and starting beating him up. |
| Who is Mr. Spencer? | He is Holden's elderly history teacher at Pencey Prep. |
| Who is Mrs. Morrow? | She is the mother of one of Holden's classmates whom he extremely dislikes and he meets her on a train to New York. Uses false name Rudolf Schmidt. |
| Who is Mr. Antolini? | He is Holden's former English teacher who lets him stay at his house, and he gives Holden some good life advice, but he also is found stroking Holden's head. |
| What is a bildungsroman? | It is a coming of age story when the character goes from childhood to adulthood; from innocence to maturity. |
| What is a symbol? | An object used to display an idea or deeper meaning. |
| What is an image? | A capture of an event or scene; visual representation. |
| What is a motif? | Some element that's repeated throughout the story that hints at a theme. |
| What are Holden's psychological traits? | Depression, isolated/alienation, lying, fantasy world, and emotionally unstable. |
| What is the meaning of the poem "Comin Thro' The Rye?" | It is about a girl who is lonely and sad, looking for companionship. When a fling occurs, the world doesn't need to know about it; it is about maturity. |
| What does Holden interpret about the meaning of the "Comin Thro' The Rye? | He thinks that it is about the protection of kids, and how they should keep their innocence. He thinks it's about childhood. |
| Who wrote the poem "Comin Thor' The Rye?" | Robert Burns. He was a Scottish poet. |
| Who is Erine? | He is the talented piano player who runs a nightclub and is "phony" according to Holden. |
| Who is Carl Luce? | He was Holden's student advisor that meets Holden for a drink and he knows a lot about sex and calls Holden immature. |
| Who is Sunny? | She is the prostitute that Holden hires, but does not have sex with. |
| What are three themes in the book? | The loss of innocence and growing up, alienation and isolation, and phoniness vs. authenticity. |
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