Instruction
Discuss themes of innocence throughout the novel and in the title of the book. What do the song lyrics body catch in Rye (Chapter 22, pg. 173) and the title of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye symbolize? Why is Holden drawn to young people? Why does he identify more with children than the adults in his life? Discuss the importance of his relationship with his younger sister, Jane, and his dead brother. Why is Holden so bothered with the graffiti FUs he finds in Phoebes school and the museum and finally that he believes it will be on his grave stone.