Chapter 11

Dialectical Quote 1:

“She was a funny girl old Jane. I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though. She was sort of muckle-mouthed. I mean when she was talking and she got excited about something, her mouth sort of went in about fifty directions, her lips, and all. That killed me. And she never really closed it all the way, her mouth. It was always just a little bit open, especially when she got in her golf stance, or when she was reading a book. She was always reading, and she read very good books. She read a lot of poetry and all. She was the only one, outside my family, that I ever showed Allies baseball mitt to, with all the poems written on it. Shed never meet Allie or anything, because that was her first summer in Maine-before that, she went to Cape Cod-but I told her quite a lot about her. She was interested in that kind of stuff.” (Pg.77)

Allie’s glove represents Holden's love for his dead brother and Allie's uniqueness. Allie covered the glove with poems written in green ink so that he would have something to read when things got boring in the outfield. Holden carries the glove with him when he travels, and it provides him with a form of reassurance. Like Allie's presence in general, the glove functions as a personal charm or talisman.

Dialectical Quote 2:

“Then I tried to get ting in a little intelligent conversation, but it was practically impossible. You had to twist their arms. You could hardly tell which was the stupidest of the three of them.” (Pg.73)

I thought it was funny how Holden couldn’t tell which was the stupidest. In addition, I thought it was funny how he was even trying to figure out who was stupid and who wasn’t.

Theme Quote:

“Anyway, that's what I was thinking about while I sat in that vomity-looking chair in the lobby. Old Jane. Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car,’ it almost drove me mazy. I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway. I don't even like to talk about it, if you want to know the truth.”(Pg.81)

Holden’s becoming more corrupt by what’s happened around him. All he can think about now is what Stradlater did in the car and that’s corrupting him.