... Holden to describe an object for him. What Stradlater did not understand is the step Holden was making towards him concerning his emotions when he wrote about his dead brother's baseball mitt. " For Chrissake, Holden. This is about a goddam baseball glove." The consequence of this was that his mental inability of communicating properly was even more reinforced, because the ... baseball mitt meant a lot to him, as it used to be his brother's. Biff too has been, ever since he found his father cheating, struggling with his emotions. Due to the ... ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... , "She was a funny girl, old Jane. I wouldn't describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, thoughShe was the only one, outside of my family, that I ever showed Allie's baseball mitt to, with all the poems written on itShe was interested in that kind of stuff," (79). Here, Holden reveals that he trusted Jane with stories of his dead ... ...

• Word Count: 1900
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... wouldn't have minded shooting the old crap with Phoebe for a while" (Salinger 67). Holden's thoughts of Allie are shown with the fact that Holden wrote Stradlater's composition on "Old Allie's baseball mitt" (Salinger 38-39). When Holden is talking to Phoebe about what he likes is a third example of his close younger sibling relations. "You can't even think of one thing ... ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... assignment for Stradlater. The composition was supposed to be about something simple like a room in a house or something. Holden can think of nothing to write about so he writes about a baseball glove his brother Allie used to own. His brother Allie died of Leukemia several years earlier, it is easy to see Holden is still feeling the effects of Allies loss ... ...

• Word Count: 1551
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... wouldn't have minded shooting the old crap with Phoebe for a while" (Salinger 67). Holden's thoughts of Allie are shown with the fact that Holden wrote Stradlater's composition on "Old Allie's baseball mitt" (Salinger 38-39). When Holden is talking to Phoebe about what he likes is a third example of his close younger sibling relations. "You can't even think of one thing ... ...

• Word Count: 1426
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... that recently died. Allie was a brilliant, friendly, red-headed boy "according to Holden, he was "the smartest of the Caulfield's."" Holden is tormented by Allie's death and carries around a baseball glove on which Allie used to write poems in green ink. Jane Gallagher is the girl who recently lived next door to Holden. Holden remembers her as a nice young girl ... ...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... reveals his romantic side. Holden is a dreamer, often fantasizing the things he strongly believes. The first example is the report he writes for Stradlater. He writes his report on Allie's baseball mitt which shows that Holden has a poetic imagination. Following this, he gets into a scuffle with his Stradlater which fascinates him: "You never saw such gore in your life It partly ... ...

• Word Count: 2258
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School