Why Is Phoebe Caulfield So Mature For Her Age?
TASIS Summer Reading Guide Answers
The Catcher in the Rye
1. Initial Understanding.
Why is Phoebe Caulfield so mature for her age? Could it have been from past experiences in which she needed to be the adult in the situation?
If Holden hadn’t misheard the little kid singing the poem would he still have realized that he wanted to be “a catcher in the rye” or would he still be lost and trying to find his place in the world? I wonder what would have happened if Holden had just come home to his parents immediately? If Holden had just told his parents would have been a different person than he is now? My favorite character in the story was Phoebe because I saw a lot of myself in her. She was very mature for her age and her actions reminded me of myself as a little girl. Her sassy and confident attitude made me laugh at times. I also enjoyed how Holden didn’t realize the real problem in his life, was himself. As he was judging others for the qualities he found irritating he wasn’t able to see himself displaying those qualities himself, whom I believed caused many problems throughout the story.
2. Interpretation
In the passage, “I mean I wondered if just maybe I was wrong about …show more content…
The book was an interesting way to look at the future. It made me think that you never know what life has in store for you. The characters were all unique but at the same time they seemed lost in the sense that they didn’t know what they truly wanted. To me, Beatty was a complex character because although he was a fireman and he agreed with society about the trouble caused by books, he himself seemed to use his knowledge acquired from books against Montag. I think the title was very well chosen. After doing my research I learned that Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn, which couldn’t have fit the novel any
The Catcher in the Rye
1. Initial Understanding.
Why is Phoebe Caulfield so mature for her age? Could it have been from past experiences in which she needed to be the adult in the situation?
If Holden hadn’t misheard the little kid singing the poem would he still have realized that he wanted to be “a catcher in the rye” or would he still be lost and trying to find his place in the world? I wonder what would have happened if Holden had just come home to his parents immediately? If Holden had just told his parents would have been a different person than he is now? My favorite character in the story was Phoebe because I saw a lot of myself in her. She was very mature for her age and her actions reminded me of myself as a little girl. Her sassy and confident attitude made me laugh at times. I also enjoyed how Holden didn’t realize the real problem in his life, was himself. As he was judging others for the qualities he found irritating he wasn’t able to see himself displaying those qualities himself, whom I believed caused many problems throughout the story.
2. Interpretation
In the passage, “I mean I wondered if just maybe I was wrong about …show more content…
The book was an interesting way to look at the future. It made me think that you never know what life has in store for you. The characters were all unique but at the same time they seemed lost in the sense that they didn’t know what they truly wanted. To me, Beatty was a complex character because although he was a fireman and he agreed with society about the trouble caused by books, he himself seemed to use his knowledge acquired from books against Montag. I think the title was very well chosen. After doing my research I learned that Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn, which couldn’t have fit the novel any