The Catcher in the Rye

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The Catcher in the Rye

• Chapters 19 and 20

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DO NOW!

• What is Holdens psychological/emotional state?
• Find things Holden says or are said about him or
  that he does in Chapter 19 that lead us to an
  answer.

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Discussion

• Are Holdens problems bigger than your average
  teen?

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Chapter 19

• Setting Wicker Bar
• Focus Luce and his stories at the Whooton School

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Chapter 19

• Luce
• Amusing with his stories about sex
• effeminate and a phony
• Holden wants to know about sex
• Luces father is a psychoanalyst

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Chapter 20

• Holden stays at the bar and gets very drunk
• Late-night call to Sally Hayes
• Attempts to make dates (a connection)
• Lounge singer
• Hat-check girl

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Chapter 20

• Central Park
• He worries about catching pneumonia and imagines
  his funeral
• Holden missed Allies funeral

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Chapter 20

• Placing flowers on the grass that covers the
  stomachs of the dead disturbs him
• Holden wants to talk to Phoebe

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QuickWrite

• What advice would you give Holden right now?
• What profession can you see Holden choosing in
  the future?

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Do Now!

• Read Chapters 21, 22 and 23.
• Pay close attention to Phoebe and the advice she
  gives Holden.
• Complete worksheets instead of notes.