Catcher in the Rye Anticipation Guide

Society encourages children to grow up too quickly.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

Conformity results in the loss of individuality.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

Adolescence should be a time of self-exploration.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

The loss of innocence leads to cynicism (Cynicism means an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.)

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

While people may seek reality, they are actually more comfortable with illusion. 

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

People can overcome their own problems without the help of others.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

In order to fit into our society, everyone must be “phony” or “fake” to a certain degree.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

It is difficult to meet someone who is “real” because most people are “phony.”

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

Institutions such as schools, businesses, and entertainment industries suppress the individual. They want everyone to act the same. 

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure

Everyone must determine his own value system for himself. A value system cannot be taught.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Unsure