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Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye
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Holden
Main character; narrator
Main character's father
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Ackley
Holden’s acquaintance who is wise beyond his years
He annoys everyone on Holden’s floor
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Compulsory
Required by rule, mandatory
A choice
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Symbol
location where story takes place
a thing that represents or stands for something else
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Sally Hayes
Holden takes her ice skating, wants to run away with her
Holden's younger sibling
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Commit
To inform
Perform an act or crime
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Setting
time and place where a story happens
a reference to another literary work
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Foreshadowing
conversation between two characters in a book
when an author hints or warns at a future event
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Splendid
Terrible
Very good; wonderful
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Innumerable
Too numerous to count
inferior quality
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Phony
friendly and approachable
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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Conflict
the solution to a problem
a struggle of two opposing forces
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D.B.
Holden's brother who died
Holden’s older brother who works in Hollywood
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Resolution
the solution or the ending to a story or conflict
the problem in a story that needs to be fixed
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Privilege
Very good, wonderful
Special privilege not enjoyed by all
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Allusion
a reference to another literary work
time and place of a story
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Stradlater
Holden’s roommate at Pencey, the secret slob
Holden's friend from class
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Sadistic
to enjoy helping others
deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
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Climax
the conclusion of a story
most exciting part of a story
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Fiend
Friendly neighbor
Wicked or cruel person
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Qualm
Special advantage not enjoyed by all
A worry or feeling of uneasiness
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Allie
Holden's older brother who died from leukemia
Holden's roommate in school
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Conceited
humble and approachable
too much pride in oneself, vain, arrogant
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Liberate
to grant freedom to
to take freedom away from
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Jane Gallagher
Holden's teacher at Pencey
Holden likes her but she goes on a date with Stradlater
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Metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Carl Luce
Holden’s acquaintance who is wise beyond his years
Holden's older brother who works in Hollywood
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Phoebe
Holden's love interest
Holden's younger sister
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Peculiar
Accepted by all
Odd or strange
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Fiend
a good person, saint-like
a demon, a wicked or cruel person
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Personification
a reference to another literary work
giving human traits to inanimate objects
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Simile
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
a comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
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Sarcastic
a worry, feeling of uneasiness
mock, joke in a dry manner
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Ostracize
Expel from a community or group
To welcome a person into a community
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Scrawny
To be strong
Inferior in size or quantity
