Chapter 18

1) What frustrates Holden about girls and the guys they date?

If girls like a boy, no matter how bad he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, they'll say he is conceited.


2) Where does Holden go to pass the time before meeting Carl Luce for a drink? Why is it surprising that he goes there?

He goes to the movies at Radio City. It was surprising because Holden hated the movies.


3) According to Holden, what about the show would Jesus hate, and why?

Jesus would hate all the fancy costumes, and also guys carrying crucifixes all over the place.


4) What is ironic about the behavior of the woman who sits next to Holden during the film? Is her behavior unusual or similar to that of other characters described by Holden?

She cried all through the movie, the phonier it got the more she cried. Also she wasn't even kindhearted because she was rude to his own child. It is similar to the other characters, because she is phony because she is pretending that she is kindhearted. And other characters are phony because of some other reasons.


5) Describe Holden’s and his brother D.B.’s attitudes toward war and the military.

D.B. hated the Army more than he hated the war, and also he said that the Army was full of dumb people. Holden also hates both of them, the war, and the Army. He says that he can't stand to wars, and to stay in the Army for a long time.


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6) Holden claims to admire Carl’s intellectual ability, but does he engage him in an intellectual conversation? What kinds of questions does Holden ask Carl?

No he doesn't engage him in an intellectual conversation. He asks Carl questions about sex and girls.


7) What does Holden see as the “trouble” with his attitude toward sex? How does this alleged problem manifest itself in his relationships with Jane, Sally, and other female characters?

He says that he can never get really sexy. Because of that he can't get into a relationship with females.


8) How does Carl respond to Holden’s requests for advice and companionship?

He asked him that what would his father do to him for psychoanalyze.


9) How does Holden’s fantasy about having a bullet wound in his stomach reflect his emotional state?

When he had the bullet fantasy before, he thought about Jane bandaging his wounds. And again, he thoughts about Jane and feels like giving her a buzz.


10) Why do you think Holden calls Sally, rather than Jane, when he is drunk?

Because when he got into the phone booth, he wasn't in the mood anymore to give Jane a buzz, because of he was too drunk.


11) Why does Holden decide to walk to the park, and what “terrible” event happens there?

Because he wanted to see if the ducks were still there, and also, he didn't have anyplace else special to go. He dropped and broke Pheobe's record.


12) Why does Holden get upset when he thinks about the two rainy days at the cemetery?

Because it rained on Allie's lousy tombstone and, it rained on the grass of his stomach.


13) What thought motivates Holden to go visit Phoebe?

He started thinking how Pheobe would feel if he got pneumonia and died. After that he decides to visit her.