Presentation Notes

Chap. 4: In this chapter you get Holden's actual feelings towards Stradlater. Holden starts to like Jane on a personal level. Holden doesn't seem to be fond of Stradlater. It talks about how he doesn't want to do anything for Stradlater but can't say no.

Chapter 5: After they have their steak, Holden gets into a snowball fight. Holden and Mal go to the movies with Ackley.  Ackley starts telling Holden and Mal a story about a girl he had sex with. Holden talks about his brother who had died and the reason for his death. It shows he has feelings by the way he talks about his brother.

Chap. 6: The reader can realize Holden cares for people. He goes on a date with Jane. Stradlater doesn't like Holden's story about his brother's baseball mit. Holden starts smoking a cigarette which angers Stradlater because he fears the punishment. Holden uses words in different context.

Chap. 7: Holden asks to sleep in Ackley's room after his fight with Stradlater. He invades Ackley's space similar to the way Ackley did to him. Holden is insensitive anout Ackley's religion. More of Holden's contradictions are in this chapter. 

Chap. 8: After leaving Pencey, Holden heads to the train station. Holden talks about enjoying the train rides at night. A lady starts conversing with Holden about her son that goes to Pencey. Holden lies to this lady about her son, his name, and what he's about. She gets off at Newmark and wishes him a good travel. He points out how he loves every action she did.

Chap. 13: Holden's walking back to his hotel and starts imagining himself in certain circumstances. He nudges on how he takes loss, and how he doesn't care. Someone in the hotel asks him if he wanted to have sex with a prostitute. He doesn't care and says "yes". He compares the prostitute to him and how peculiar it is that she's so young. He decides he doesn't want to have sex with her and starts stalling. He makes an excuse so she won't do anything physical with him. He begs her to leave and still pays her. We discover how cowardly Holden is.

When the students taught the chapters, we got to see their thinking process. We get to see how in depth they go into their chapters. It was less effective because some groups didn't go that far into the book to the point where we got something that wasn't the plot.