Chapter one

Holden Caulfield the narrator of the novel begin the first chapter by a statement that he will not recount his lousy childhood, where he describes his parent as nice but as touchy as hell. He does not want to tell us about his autobiography, instead he tells us about the stuffs that happened to him around last Christmas .He also mentioned his brother D.B, who is a writer in Hollywood and describe him “being as prostitute”. Holden was a student at Pencey prep school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Holden begin his story in the form of a long flash back on Saturday football game between his old school Pencey and Saxon hall, while he was standing high atop Thomsen hill watching the game but mentaly he was not there. Selma Thurmer the daughter of the headmaster is also at the game, although she was unattractive and a bit ugly, but to Holden she seems nice enough because she avoid lavishing praise upon her father .Holden is the fencing team manager, where on the way back from new York Holden being a careless person he left the foils and other stuff on the subway which made the whole team furious. Also Holden wasn’t supposed to come back after Christmas vocation because he has been expelled from the school, as he failed 4 subjects .Instead he chooses to say good bye to Mr. Spencer his history teacher.

 "the catchers in the rye" means to save children from losing their innocence holden belives that to be the catche.its is very closly related to his struggle against growing up that's why he do not want to say much about his childhood..But if I could tell about my childhood I wouldn’t miss the opportunity .The experiences of my past are undeniable. I have spent it more than just a learning experience,unforgettable memories. He described his parents as touch as hell which make the readers believe that his parents are very strict and harsh which is probably the way that he views them.And typically he is also disagree to describe his brother D.B who was a short story writer until he sold out and went to Hollywood .the theme of Holden’s favorite D.B story “the Secret gold fish “it’s about a child who buys a goldfish and does not allow anyone to look at it, because he has paid for it with his own money. Foreshadows Holden’s consistent passion for innocence and authenticity of childhood .
The Holden's story take place somewhere in California in a psychiatric rest home.And the main action of the novel takes place first at the Pencey prep school in Agerstown, pennsylvania. He has been expelled from school because he flunked 4 subjects.during the match between his old school pencey and saxon hall he was standing in high to thomsen hill next to "crazy cannon "which shows that he was enough self confident and care less about the present .also demonstrate that he is a kind of saperated from the whole hall .I predicate that Holden will have an educational conversation and this will not be their last good bye .

1.      In talking about good-bys, Holden says, “I don’t care if it’s a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse.” What does this quotation show about Holden’s character?

Ans: Holden wants to make connections with people (or, in this case, with places), but to do so means to make an emotional investment that will probably end up depressing him. Here, however, he seems to decide that he would rather feel sad about leaving a place than feel sad about the fact that he doesn't get to feel connected enough to feel sad. 

2 .      How has Holden’s brother D.B. lost his respect? What does Holden mean when he says D.B. is in Hollywood “being a prostitute?”

Ans:D.B lost Holden's respect when he moved out to Hollywood to write movies .Holden hates movies .Holden says that he D.B become a prostitute when he changed his writing style in order for it to sell.