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<strong>Catcher</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rye</strong><strong>Journal</strong> <strong>Questions</strong><strong>Chapter</strong> 1<strong>1.</strong> <strong>What</strong> <strong>was</strong> <strong>your</strong> childhood like?2. Have you ever felt like you were just not <strong>the</strong>re, like you mightdisappear? Expla<strong>in</strong>.<strong>Chapter</strong> 23. <strong>What</strong> “phony” or “fake” th<strong>in</strong>g do people do that really bo<strong>the</strong>rs you?4. Do you th<strong>in</strong>k life is a game? Should one “play by <strong>the</strong> rules” or not?Expla<strong>in</strong>.5. <strong>What</strong> percentage of <strong>the</strong> day are you bored? <strong>What</strong> bores you and why?<strong>Chapter</strong>s 3, 4, and 56. Are you bitter about life? <strong>What</strong> about life makes you <strong>the</strong> mostdepressed?7. Have you ever gone completely crazy and destroyed someth<strong>in</strong>g oryelled loudly at someone? Expla<strong>in</strong> what happened.<strong>Chapter</strong>s 6, 78. Expla<strong>in</strong> a time when you were <strong>in</strong>credibly jealous of someone. Did youdo anyth<strong>in</strong>g about it?<strong>Chapter</strong> 89. Have you ever lied just for <strong>the</strong> fun of it? Expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> situation.<strong>Chapter</strong> 910. Do you th<strong>in</strong>k some people go out with people <strong>the</strong>y don’t like? Whywould someone go out with a person just because he/she is “<strong>the</strong>re”?<strong>Chapter</strong> 101<strong>1.</strong> Would you want to be famous? Why/why not? How would youbecome famous?<strong>Chapter</strong> 1112. Describe someone who is really conceited. <strong>What</strong> makes him/herconceited? Do you like him/her? <strong>What</strong> is <strong>the</strong> difference between prideand be<strong>in</strong>g conceited?


<strong>Chapter</strong> 1213. <strong>What</strong> makes someone really bor<strong>in</strong>g to talk to? Expla<strong>in</strong>.<strong>Chapter</strong> 1314. <strong>What</strong> do people do that is “out of l<strong>in</strong>e” or offensive to you? Why isthis behavior unacceptable?15. Do you hate followers? <strong>What</strong> bo<strong>the</strong>rs you about a follower?<strong>Chapter</strong> 1416. Describe a time when you have been cheated or have seen someonecheated. Do you th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>the</strong> “cheater” ever got his punishment?<strong>Chapter</strong> 1517. Describe a time when you have been super nice to someone for noreason.<strong>Chapter</strong> 1618. Do you want permanence or perfection? Why/Why not? Why dopeople want or need permanence?<strong>Chapter</strong> 1719. If you could get away from here, where would you go and why? Whowould you take with you?20. Have you ever wanted <strong>the</strong> world to self-destruct? How would ithappen? (Be creative!)<strong>Chapter</strong> 182<strong>1.</strong> <strong>What</strong> quality <strong>in</strong> people gives you <strong>the</strong> most hope? Do you see this <strong>in</strong><strong>your</strong>self?<strong>Chapter</strong> 1922. Do you ever get “caught up” <strong>in</strong> a cycle or pattern of thought? How doyou get “unstuck”?23. Are <strong>the</strong>re just as many “good” people as <strong>the</strong>re are “bad” people? Is<strong>the</strong>re such a th<strong>in</strong>g as a “good” or a “bad” person? Expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>your</strong> viewson what a good or bad person is.

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