Why does Holden write the baseball mitt if the assignment is written about the room?
He does a descriptive piece on Allie's baseball glove
. The glove had poems that Allie had written all over it. It was what Holden had felt like writing about; he felt that writing about a room or place was useless.
Why does Holden write about the baseball mitt?
Holden enjoys Allie's baseball mitt
because it reminds him of Allie
. It's unique and reflects Allie's personality and intelligence. It has poems written all over it, because Allie would become bored playing in the out field. Jane is the only other person Holden has shown the mitt to.
What does Holden write about for Stradlater's assignment?
The most important revelation in these chapters comes about when Holden writes the composition for Stradlater,
divulging that his brother Allie died of leukemia several years before.
What does Holden say about what's written all over Allie's baseball mitt?
It
represents Holden's love for his deceased brother as well as Allie's authentic uniqueness
. Allie covered the glove with poems written in green ink so that he would have something to read when things got boring in the baseball field. … He likes to wear it with the bill pointing to the back, as a baseball catcher might.
Why do you think Holden agrees to write Stradlater's composition?
When he finally gets around to writing Stradlater's composition, he only does it
because he is thinking about his dead brother and sees how he could write that “descriptive composition” about Allie
. Anyway, that's what I wrote Stradlater's composition about. Old Allie's baseball mitt.
What does Holden's hat symbolize?
Here, the red hunting hat symbolizes
Holden's alienation from society and his intentional isolation from people
. … Holden describes that he wore the peak of the hat around the back and “liked it that way,” seeming to get comfort from the sense of individuality the hat brought him.
How does Allie's baseball mitt symbolize innocence?
Allie's mitt symbolizes
the innocence that Holden yearns for , Allie's innocence was preserved in the mitt
. Allie died when he was young, he was still innocent. By dying young Allie stayed out of the phony, adult world. In some ways Holden wants to be Allie.
Why does Holden call phonies?
Holden characterizes “phonies” as people who are dishonest or fake about who they really are, or people who play a
part just to fit into a society that Holden questions
. Therefore, Holden hates “phonies” because they represent everything he fears or fights against, such as adulthood, conformity, and commercialism.
Why did Holden punch Stradlater?
Holden and Stradlater fight
because Stradlater has had a date with Jane Gallagher
. They also fight because Stradlater acts entitled and asks Holden to write his English composition while Stradlater is on the date with Jane.
Why does Holden talk to Allie when he is depressed?
When Holden gets very depressed, he sometimes talks
“sort of out loud” to his younger brother
. He does so after Sunny leaves. His communication with Allie is almost religious, a confession of Holden's boyhood lack of consideration for the kid.
What is the most important symbol in The Catcher in the Rye?
Holden's Red Hunting Hat
The red hunting hat
is one of the most recognizable symbols from twentieth-century American literature. It is inseparable from our image of Holden, with good reason: it is a symbol of his uniqueness and individuality.
Who is Allie and why is his baseball mitt so special to Holden?
Who is Allie, and why is his baseball mitt so special to Holden?
Allie is Holden's brother who died recently of leukemia
, so the baseball mitt is a very special memory of him.
Who sits next to Holden on the train?
Holden walks the entire way to the train station and catches a late train to New York. At Trenton,
an attractive older woman
gets on and sits next to him. She turns out to be the mother of his classmate, Ernest Morrow.
What is the subject matter of the composition Holden writes?
Holden's decision to write about
a baseball glove
, a subject Stradlater considers unacceptable, leads to their fight, which is one of the factors leading to all the subsequent events in the novel: “All of a sudden, I decided what I'd really do, I'd get the hell out of Pencey–right that same night and all.
Is Holden more like Stradlater and Ackley?
In this Chapter, the negative Holden compares the handsome, athletic Stradlater to the pathetic Ackley, calling them both “slobs.” In truth,
Holden is much more like Ackley than Stradlater
.
What does Ackley say about Holden's hat?
What does Ackley say about Holden's hat? Ackley says that Holden's hat was “
deer shooting hat” and called it stupid
.
