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He desperately needs the same deep, compassionate connection he says he once experienced with Jane. When he enters the Lavender Room, he depicts himself as a wise-beyond-his-years, debonair playboy. 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?

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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? Where is Holden as he narrates the story? Does Holden kill himself? Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye Background. Actually, Horwitz prefers to discuss the fish. He gruffly declares that the fish have a tougher time than the ducks.

Fish spend the winter frozen in the ice, according to Horwitz. They take in nourishment through the pores in their bodies. His opinions are amusing, but the comic aspects of the scene depend more on the nature of the dialogue. Holden and Horwitz sound like two old antagonists who have had this discussion a hundred times before and jump on each other's lines as ancient acquaintances do when excited about a controversial topic. Salinger beautifully captures the crisp, tough conversational sounds of the city through this dialogue.

Holden's aesthetics are tested at the nightclub. Despite the very late hour, Ernie's is packed, mostly with students on Christmas break. Ernie is an extremely skillful piano player, but Holden thinks that he has become too slick.

Ernie has a huge mirror in front of him and a spotlight on his face so that the crowd won't miss an expression. In a way, Ernie is like Holden's brother, D. They both once were true artists, in Holden's mind, but have sold out: Ernie to the sycophantic fans and D. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Catcher in the Rye , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.

When he asks about the ducks in the Central Park lagoon , Horwitz becomes angry at the stupidity of his question, shouting that the fish have it worse than the ducks, since they have no choice but to stay in the frozen water.

Horwitz seemingly recognizes this, which is why he concerns himself with the fish, since the fish have no choice but to simply hunker down and deal with the winter. Active Themes. Childhood and Growing Up. As Joe Yale tells this story to his date, he attempts to slide his hand up her skirt.

As Holden takes in the scene, a young woman named Lillian Simmons approaches him. Lillian used to date D. Holden even suspects that she enjoys being the kind of person who would hold up a crowd. When she invites him to come sit with her and her date, he lies and says he was just leaving to meet a girl. Feeling that people always ruin things for him, he says goodbye and leaves.