Chapters 5-9
1. About what did Holden write Stradlater's composition?
-He wrote about his little brother Allie's baseball glove.
2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he had written for Stradlater?
-Because Stradlater told him it needed to describe something like a house or a room and when Holden had written about the baseball glove Stradlater got mad.
3. Why did Stradlater hit Holden?
-Because Stradlater hates it when you call him a moron and Holden kept calling him one.
4. Where did Holden decide to go?
-He decided to pack up all his things and leave school and go to New York City until Christmas break started.
5. Who did Holden meet on his train ride? Why did Holden lie to her about Ernie?
-Ernie Morrow's mother, because his mom thought that Ernie was a shy kid but he was a kind of kid that would whip his wet towel at people's asses. So Holden made his mother think he was still a shy boy.
1. About what did Holden write Stradlater's composition?
-He wrote about his little brother Allie's baseball glove.
2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he had written for Stradlater?
-Because Stradlater told him it needed to describe something like a house or a room and when Holden had written about the baseball glove Stradlater got mad.
3. Why did Stradlater hit Holden?
-Because Stradlater hates it when you call him a moron and Holden kept calling him one.
4. Where did Holden decide to go?
-He decided to pack up all his things and leave school and go to New York City until Christmas break started.
5. Who did Holden meet on his train ride? Why did Holden lie to her about Ernie?
-Ernie Morrow's mother, because his mom thought that Ernie was a shy kid but he was a kind of kid that would whip his wet towel at people's asses. So Holden made his mother think he was still a shy boy.