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The Catcher in the Rye

10th-11th grade ELA · Medium · 20-25 min

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This board helps players review Literature · J.D. Salinger through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Characters, Plot, Themes, Symbols, Trivia & Quotes. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Characters

    The 17-year-old narrator.

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    Holden Caulfield

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  • Plot

    The boarding school Holden gets expelled from.

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    Pencey Prep

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  • Themes

    The word Holden uses for fake or insincere people.

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    Phony / phoniness

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  • Symbols

    What Holden's red hunting hat symbolizes.

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    Individuality / protection / identity

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  • Trivia & Quotes

    Year published.

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    1951

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  • Narration & Devices

    The novel's narrative point of view.

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    First-person, stream of consciousness

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Characters

$100 — The 17-year-old narrator.
Holden Caulfield
$200 — Holden's beloved little sister.
Phoebe
$300 — Holden's deceased younger brother.
Allie
$400 — Holden's older brother who writes in Hollywood.
D.B.
$500 — The 'phony' roommate at Pencey.
Stradlater

Plot

$100 — The boarding school Holden gets expelled from.
Pencey Prep
$200 — The city Holden wanders for several days.
New York City
$300 — The number of days the main events span.
About 3 days
$400 — Where Holden is telling the story from.
A mental hospital / sanitarium
$500 — Who Holden visits at the end and watches on a carousel.
Phoebe

Themes

$100 — The word Holden uses for fake or insincere people.
Phony / phoniness
$200 — Holden's deep desire to protect this state in children.
Innocence
$300 — Theme of feeling cut off from others.
Alienation / isolation
$400 — Holden's resistance to becoming an adult.
Coming of age (refusal to grow up)
$500 — The grief that haunts Holden throughout.
Loss / death (Allie)

Symbols

$100 — What Holden's red hunting hat symbolizes.
Individuality / protection / identity
$200 — The ducks in Central Park symbolize this question.
Where do we go in hard times / survival
$300 — The 'catcher in the rye' fantasy symbolizes this.
His wish to save kids from losing innocence
$400 — The Museum of Natural History symbolizes this.
Frozen, unchanging childhood
$500 — Allie's baseball glove symbolizes this.
Holden's lost innocence and love

Trivia & Quotes

$100 — Year published.
1951
$200 — Author who lived as a recluse after fame.
J.D. Salinger
$300 — Holden mishears a Robert Burns lyric — 'if a body ___ a body coming through the rye'.
Meet (not 'catch')
$400 — Holden's age in the novel.
16 (telling the story at 17)
$500 — Holden's signature insult for everyone.
'Phony'

Narration & Devices

$100 — The novel's narrative point of view.
First-person, stream of consciousness
$200 — The frame — Holden tells the story from where?
A mental institution in California
$300 — The casual, slangy way Holden speaks is called this.
Colloquial / vernacular voice
$400 — The novel often appears on this list, due to censorship attempts.
Most banned/challenged books
$500 — The genre Holden's journey belongs to.
Bildungsroman / coming-of-age

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