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​The Catcher in the Rye Audio Clips: 
​esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Cacher.in.The.Rye/indice.html

​The Catcher in the Rye full text PDF:
catcher_in_the_rye.pdf

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​Provide a character analysis of Holden Caulfield by incorporating selections of details from The Catcher in the Rye and Simon and Garfunkel's song, "I Am a Rock" (click here for the lyrics:
​ i_am_a_rock.pdf)

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Chapters 14-16
Ch. 14: Maurice and Sunny fleece five more dollars from Holden
Ch. 15: Encounter with two nuns at a sandwich bar
Ch. 16: Little Shirley Beans album and the Museum of Natural History

Kay's Thinking Corner:
In Chapter 16, Holden buys an album called Little Shirley Beans and later fondly reminisces about a little boy singing a tune of "if a body catch a body coming through the rye." In what ways do such details reveal the overall meaning of this novel?