catcher in the rye

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  1. Jerome David Salinger
    United States writer (born 1919)
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  2. nervous breakdown
    a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder
    Key Issues
    Nervous Breakdown - The book begins as Holden is recovering from his nervous breakdown.
  3. boarding school
    a private school where students are lodged and fed
    The flashback begins with Holden leaving the boarding school he had been attending because of lackluster grades.
  4. introverted
    shy, reserved, or inward looking
    He became introverted and could no longer cope with life.
  5. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
    The entire novel is a flashback of the events that had led up to his emotional destruction.
  6. television program
    a program broadcast by television
    -D.B. Caulfield: Holden's brother who used to be a serious writer, but is now in Hollywood where he is writing for television programs.
  7. introvert
    a person who tends to shrink from social contacts
    He became introverted and could no longer cope with life.
  8. private school
    a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
    This is because they send him to many different private schools and do not supply him with the love and affection he needs.
  9. instability
    a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
    Mental Instability-Holden's instability has derived from various events and personality traits.
  10. prep school
    a private secondary school
    -Mr. Spencer: Holden's history teacher at Pency Prep school.
  11. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  12. narrator
    someone who tells a story
    Characters
    - Holden Caulfield: The protagonist and narrator of the novel, finds himself upset with the society in which he lives.
  13. Salinger
    United States writer (born 1919)
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  14. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    Characters
    - Holden Caulfield: The protagonist and narrator of the novel, finds himself upset with the society in which he lives.
  15. insecure
    lacking in safety
    He is very insecure as well as being very immature.
  16. narrate
    provide commentary for a film, for example
    It is from this point that Holden narrates the story.
  17. psychiatric
    relating to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    The whole narrative is a coming to terms with the past, since Holden tells it from a psychiatric institution.
  18. Spencer
    English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
    -Mr. Spencer: Holden's history teacher at Pency Prep school.
  19. elementary school
    a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
    This is seen when Holden tries to erase naughty words from the walls of the elementary school, that his sister Phoebe attended.
  20. decease
    the event of dying or departure from life
    He is "depressed," at this time Holden thinks and even talks to his deceased brother Allie.
  21. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
    Major Conflicts:
    The first major conflict encountered in The Catcher in the Rye is Holden vs.himself.
  22. New York City
    the largest city in New York State and in the United States
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  23. Manhattan
    one of the five boroughs of New York City
    Holden visits her while in Manhattan, and while with her he decides that he would like to save children like her from becoming phonies.
  24. corrupt
    dishonest or immoral or evasive
    Themes
    Loss of Innocence - Holden did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt.
  25. Hayes
    19th President of the United States
    -Sally Hayes: Holden's attractive ex-girlfriend.
  26. Key
    United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
    Key Issues
    Nervous Breakdown - The book begins as Holden is recovering from his nervous breakdown.
  27. Jerome
    (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  28. playwright
    someone who writes plays
    This is because D.B. was a writer, who became a playwright in order to gain more public recognition.
  29. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
    He is described as being grotesque and odd looking.
  30. Ward
    United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
    -Ward Stradlater: Holden's roommate at Pency.
  31. New York
    the largest city in New York State and in the United States
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  32. possession
    anything owned
    This is because people usually want these possessions in order to impress others and become something they are not.
  33. Hollywood
    a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
    -D.B. Caulfield: Holden's brother who used to be a serious writer, but is now in Hollywood where he is writing for television programs.
  34. piano
    a musical instrument played by pressing black and white keys
    - Ernie: Owner and piano player at the Wicker Bar. He was friendly with Holden's older brother, D.B., and is a perfect example of a phony.
  35. Robert
    United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
    -Robert Ackley: Holden's dirty dorm mate at Pency.
  36. writer
    a person who is able to write and has written something
    -D.B. Caulfield: Holden's brother who used to be a serious writer, but is now in Hollywood where he is writing for television programs.
  37. theater
    a building where performances can be presented
    They go to the theater and also go ice-skating.
  38. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
    Plot Summary
    The novel opens with the narrator, Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old boy from New York City, telling the story of three days in his life.
  39. city
    a large and densely populated urban area
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
  40. Major
    British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
    Major Conflicts:
    The first major conflict encountered in The Catcher in the Rye is Holden vs.himself.
  41. literature
    writings in a particular style on a particular subject
    The next day, he talks with some nuns about literature and has a date with his former girlfriend Sally Woodruff.
  42. dance
    taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music
    He stays at a cheap hotel for one night, goes to two night clubs, dances with older women, often talks and thinks about sex, even has a prostitute come up to his room.
  43. poem
    a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
    This leads to Holden's dream to being the catcher in the rye, which relates to a poem where the catcher prevents small children from falling off a cliff.
  44. David
    the 2nd king of the Israelites
    Title: The Catcher In The Rye
    Author: Jerome David Salinger
    Setting:
    The majority of the novel takes place in New York City during post war America.
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