Practice Essay questions for 'Catcher In the Rye'

Since your test block is only days away, here are two other essay questions you can work on in preparing for your essay test. At the worst, if you are pressed for time, you should work on planning a response for at least one of the questions, looking for suitable evidence form the novel and developing a thesis and clear outline of points which will address the question. Try doing this within the time frame you would have in the test to get used to planning under pressure.

James Bryan notes that Holden “...is poised between two worlds, one he cannot return to and one he fears to enter.”

In what ways does Holden embody the limbo between childhood and adulthood?

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 “The Catcher in the Rye is a story of an over-sensitive, self-conscious adolescent who fails to face up to life and its responsibilities.”

To what extent do you agree with this statement?