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The Catcher in the Rye Plot Study Guide. Provide the information as directed below.

Feel free to use a copy of the text. Conflict. Identify the conflict in the story and support your insight with a critical passage from the story. State if the conflict is internal or external. Complication. Identify the storys complication and support your insight with a critical passage from the story. Crises. Make a chart with the following headings: Romantic Friends Strangers Teachers Relatives

In each catagory list the names of characters Holden fails to connect with. Describe the crisis that occurs when Holden begins to have a falling out with that person. Climax. Identify the storys climax and support your insight with a critical passage from the story. Resolution. Identify the storys resolution and support your insight with a critical passage from the story. Also briefly explain why you think Salinger resolves the story as he does, and why he chooses to share the resolution when he does.

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