May 9th Book Club Catcher in the Rye Questions
Ive sourced some questions on Catcher in the Rye for you to think about before the next book club meeting. As usual these are just topics to talk about & discuss on the night.
Please remember that the next book club meeting is on the 9th May - to avoid the bank holiday next week.
1. What do you think Holden Caulfield is searching for?
2. Would you say that Holden is delusional?
3. Why do you think Holden chose to lie to the bully's mother? Do you think that he is generally a nice person?
4. Why do you think that Holden sees the world in so much detail? Why does he choose to explain the way he does things, the way he does?
5. Why do you think he chickened out with prostitute? Why did he merely pay her just to talk?
6. What was the symbolism of the merry-go-round? How does that connect to Holden directly?
7. Do you think Holden is gay? Are there any allusions in the book that would point to him being gay?
8. Would you say that Holden is a social outcast?
9. Can you, yourself, relate to Holden Caulfield at all? If so, how?
10. Why do you think this book was so controversial?
11. Why do you think it was banned by some schools to be read by students?
9th May Book Club - Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Holden Caufield is a self-proclaimed excellent liar who hates phony people. He just recently failed out of Pencey Prep, and this failure is just one in a string of failures. He knows that his parents will be receiving a letter in the next few days, telling them that Holden failed once again. He also knows that they will be upset with him, but he has been there before.
Holden, the narrator of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye decides to leave school early after learning that his roommate went on a date with Jane Gallagher, a girl that once lived next door to Holden. He makes an impulsive decision to spend his last few days before the inevitable confrontation with his parents in New York City.
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