The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. A peculiar and rather annoying young man, Ackley has terrible personal hygiene, bad skin, and unclean teeth. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:.
Chapter 3 Quotes. Related Themes: Phoniness. Page Number and Citation : 30 Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis:. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 3. He thinks about how much he likes reading books, but Robert Ackley , his neighbor, barges in and interrupts him. Ackley asks Holden about the fencing match in New York, and Holden is forced to tell Chapter 4.
As he shaves, he This time, though, Holden is happy to see him, since he Chapter 5. After dinner, Holden convinces his friend Mal Brossard to let Ackley come see a movie with them.
Like many characters in the novel, he drinks heavily. The prostitute whom Holden hires through Maurice. She is one of a number of women in the book with whom Holden clumsily attempts to connect. Ace your assignments with our guide to The Catcher in the Rye! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Antolini Mr. Spencer Stradlater Carl Luce. What is a catcher in the rye and why does Holden want to be one? Does Mr. Antolini really make a pass at Holden? Why does Holden run away from Pencey?
Does Holden have sex with Sunny, the prostitute? What happens to Holden after his date with Sally Hayes and his meeting with Carl Luce both end badly? What is the setting for The Catcher in the Rye? Does Holden have a mental illness? Why does Holden wear the red hunting hat? How does Holden feel about Jane? Why is Holden obsessed with the ducks at the Central Park Lagoon? The mortician is just the sort of establishment "phony" that Holden loves to mock. He has a chain of funeral parlors, profiting from high volume at low rates and, Holden is certain, shabby service.
He says that he is never ashamed to get down on his knees and talk to his buddy, Jesus. This humors Holden, who imagines Ossenburger asking Jesus to "send him a few more stiffs.
Holden opens the chapter by telling us that he loves to lie. It is unlikely that he is lying about that. Because he is the narrator, the reader might take some caution in "believing" what Holden says; he exaggerates mercilessly: Ossenburger's speech lasts ten hours, he tells us, flavored with fifty corny jokes; his cheap funerals probably consist of shoving the deceased into sacks and dumping them in a river; Ackley, the obnoxious pest next door, barges in on Holden about eighty-five times a day; Holden asks him not to clip his nails onto the floor fifty times.
The world is not big enough for Holden; he needs to blow it up a little. However, Holden's hyperbole and wild imaginings usually are not malicious. When he assumes a false identity or claims he is headed for the opera as he actually goes to buy a magazine, he is playing. Life is a bit boring for Holden; he just needs to liven up the action. The red hunting cap is a strong symbol of Holden's unconventional joy. This is not a baseball cap.
The bill is overly long. It is painfully unstylish, but Holden loves it. Unknowingly anticipating a style that would be popular several decades later, he wears it backward.
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