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"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, Chapters 1-5

Tue Mar 12 13:48:48 EDT 2013
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In J.D. Salinger's classic novel, Holden Caulfield leaves his prep school and experiences disillusionment and alienation while wandering around New York City.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1-5, Chapters 6-11, Chapters 12-16, Chapters 17-21, Chapters 22-26

Here are links to our lists for Salinger’s short stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish,
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esmé–with Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, Teddy
hemorrhage
In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.
touchy
They're quite touchy about anything like that, especially my father.
phony
She probably knew what a phony slob he was.
ostracize
The whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train.
grippe
He had the grippe, and I figured I probably wouldn't see him again till Christmas vacation started.
sarcastic
"You glanced through it, eh?" he said — very sarcastic.
alternative
It was a very dirty trick, but I went over and brought it over to him — I didn't have any alternative or anything.
innumerable
Modern science would still like to know what the secret ingredients were that the Egyptians used when they wrapped up dead people so that their faces would not rot for innumerable centuries.
qualm
"Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?"
undertaking
He made a pot of dough in the undertaking business after he got out of Pencey.
rostrum
Hardly anybody laughed out loud, and old Ossenburger made out like he didn't even hear it, but old Thurmer, the headmaster, was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all, and you could tell he heard it.
compulsory
He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech.
sadistic
I was pretty sadistic with him quite often.
falsetto
He started laughing in this very high falsetto voice.
halitosis
That guy had just about everything. Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumby fingernails.

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