Journal #4 "The Catcher in the Rye"

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1.)Holden is engaging conversation with anybody he can find such as the nuns.
2.)Holden appears to be nervous to talk to Jane's mother, although he is desperate to talk to Jane.
3.)Holden is constantly disgusted with people being phony, even actors.
4.)Holden misses his sister Phoebe and wants to call her but he is unable to.
5.)Holden hates Broadway because the people depress him.

4 questions

1.)Why does Holden feel the need to talk to people he doesn't know?
2.)Why Holden
3.)Why does Holden constantly say "That kills me."?
4.)Why does Holden think he will run into Phoebe at the museum?

3 vocabulary words

1.)Chisel - to cheat or swindle Pg. 133
2.)Bourbon - A whiskey distilled from a fermented mash containing not less than 51 percent corn in addition to malt and rye Pg. 135
3.)Rubbernecks - To look about or survey with unsophisticated wonderment or curiosity. Pg. 136

2 literary elements

1.)"You could tell her mother made them for her, because they were lumpy as hell." This is a simile because Holden is stating a girl's sweater is lumpy as hell. Pg. 154
2.)"You know Phoebe?"
"Yeah, I'm her brother. You know where she is?" This is a dialogue between Holden and Phoebe's friend. Pg. 154

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Holden is going to meet up with his friend Sally and has made it blant that he hates phonies.