she was the headmaster's daughter, he thinks shes a pretty nice girl because she does not give a lot of horse manure about what a great guy her father was.
she's not "phony". she doesn't care about what a powerful guy her father is as the headmaster.
What disgusts Holden about his own vision of his future is that It didn't seem like anything was coming
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Stradlater punched Holden because Holden was hitting him as well. kept calling Stradlater a moron even though he warned Holden to stop many times. ( i also think its a pet peeve or something because in the book, it said "All morons hate it when you call them a moron."[ch. 6])
Holden said " One of the biggest reasons why I left Elkon Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies."
After his brother Allie's death, Holden broke all of the windows in the garage by punching them and severely injured his hand.
Selma Thurmer is the wife of Mr. Spencer, who is Holden Caulfield's history teacher at Pencey Prep in the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. She is described as a friendly and amiable woman who greets Holden warmly when he goes to visit Mr. Spencer.
Mr. Thurmer is the headmaster at Pencey Prep, the school that Holden Caulfield attends in "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Holden has a meeting with Mr. Thurmer at the beginning of the novel, where he is criticized for his poor academic performance.
Dr. Thurmer told Holden that life is a game and one must play by the rules in order to succeed, upsetting Holden because he sees it as insincere and hypocritical - particularly given the phony and superficial nature of the school community at Pencey Prep. Holden values authenticity and dislikes anything he perceives as fake or artificial.
Life is a game and is played by the rules pg. 8
The novel Catcher in The Rye explains that while Holden disillusionment is geared towards Spencer because of his flattery affection with his boss Thurmer, Holden still feels pity for Spencer rather holding any grudge.
I'm guessing you've gotten this question for an English assignment at school? i have the same assignment. good luck
He's a Boner.
Both Dr. Thurmer and Spencer use the metaphor of falling off a cliff to try to convince Holden that he needs to change his outlook on school and life. They both suggest that Holden is heading towards a negative outcome if he doesn't make changes, similar to falling off a cliff.
headmaster at Pencey Prep
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The address of the Selma Branch Library is: 2200 Selma St., Selma, 93662 3151
Selma Archerd's birth name is Selma Fenning.