The Catcher in the Rye: ISU Questions
Graham Eby
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Chapters 1-8:
1. Holden’s attitude towards his parents seems negative because judging by the way he describes them, they sound touchy and overbearing with very high expectations. Pencey is a private school and his parents wanted him there, which gives us the impression that they expect a lot from him, and he can’t, or chooses not to give it to them.

2. Holden is isolated at Pencey by; Pencey is an all boys school, and being a teenage boy, girls are something that make up a teenage boys life and he can’t be a part of that life, by messing up as fencing team manager and leaving all of the equipment in New York, forcing the whole team to ostracize him, and because he was flunking four subjects in a private school, a school filled with scholars and top students.

3. Holden feels that Ackley is “peculiar”, by always barging in on him and basically being a very awkward guy. His description of......

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