What happened to the essay Holden wrote for Stradlater?
The argument escalates until Holden says: “All right, give it back to me, then.” I went over and pulled it right out of his goddam hand. Then I tore it up…. Holden is sensitive about the composition he wrote for Stradlater for nothing because it is about his younger brother Allie who died of leukemia.
What does Holden write about in the composition for Stradlater?
Stradlater had said the composition was supposed to be a simple description of a room, a house, or something similarly straightforward. But Holden cannot think of anything to say about a house or a room, so he writes about a baseball glove that his brother Allie used to copy poems onto in green ink.
Why does Stradlater not like the composition which Holden wrote for him?
2. Why does Stradlater not like the composition which Holden wrote for him? The composition was supposed to be about a room or something simple but Holden wrote it about Allie’s baseball glove.
Did Holden go to Allie’s funeral?
Of course, Holden didn’t go to Allie’s funeral because he was in the hospital with injuries to his hand from breaking all of the windows in the garage and trying to break the windows on the car. Holden feels badly about how hard his death from pneumonia will be on his mother and his little sister, Phoebe.
Why is Holden sneaking into his own house?
Why and how did Holden sneak up to his parents apartment? Holden had to sneak up to the apartment because he got kicked out of school and he didnt want his parents to find out he got kicked out yet.
What proved to Holden that Mr Spencer was a phony?
Holden compares Phoebe’s behavior to that of the fencing team at Pencey who ostracized him after he left the foils on the subway. Spencer a phony because of his obsequious behavior while Mr. Thurber was observing him teach.
What does Mr Antolini say Holden will do once he has decided what to do with his life?
Antolini says that Holden will begin to apply himself in school once he decides what to do with his life.
What does Mr Antolini say that Holden is in love with?
Mr. Antolini says that Holden will start to apply himself in school because he is in love with knowledge.
Why does Phoebe want to run away with Holden?
And then there’s her decision to run away with Holden: she packs a suitcase thinking that she’ll go out West somewhere and not come back (child), but she’s not running away because she hates everyone and everything—she’s running away because she seems to think that Holden needs someone to care for him.