1. Chapter 12

2. What does lavender stand for?

3. What does yellow stand for?

4. What does red stand for?

5. So what does the red hunting cap stand for?

6. What does Holden pretend on page 21? What does that symbolize?

7. What does Holden say it is, near the bottom of page 22? What’s Ackley’s response?

8. What was red on page 44? Meaning?

9. Page 81: Holden is lonely How does his mood influence his description of New York at night?

10. What does “Phoebe” mean? How does that fit into this paragraph? Long discussion about ducks and fishes...

11. How are Holden and Horwitz opposites? Make a list.

12. On a separate sheet of paper (to turn in at the end of class), write ½ page a description from Horwitz’s point-of-view (so first person) of the encounter with Holden. Describe the events that took place as well as your feelings about them.

13. What this might mean Fish is religious symbol for? Nature contrast with city Winter = death, so is Holden afraid that ducks die? Or he wants to hear that the ducks escape death?

14. Frozen = emotionless Ducks leave home, fish are trapped in home? And regardless, here’s a problem with this whole obsession...

17. So, WT heck? There’s ducks all over!

18. On the separate sheet of paper with Horwitz ½ page #2) Is Holden more like the ducks or the fish? ½ page. Explain! Support your answer with reference to the text. #3) What does Holden want to be (duck or fish)? ½ page. Explain.