The Catcher in the Rye Group

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blueberryboss
blueberryboss
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High School - 10th Grade

What would be good examples of songs that relate to Phoebe?

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Posted by blueberryboss on Thursday March 19, 2009 at 2:18 PM and tagged with catcher in the rye, characters, phoebe, salinger, song, the catcher in the rye.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    The song that you are referring to is "Little Shirley Beans," the record that Holden bought for his sister and subsequently broke before he was able to give it to her. 

    Another song that is relevant to Phoebe and all children is the song that Holden hears a little boy singing when he is in NYC, and that he believes captures the essence of what he would like to be as a grown-up has to do with being a catcher in the rye.

    "Instead, he can only imagine being a catcher in the rye who stands at the edge of a large rye field watching over and protecting little kids from danger."

    "You know that song, 'If a body catch a body comin' through the rye'? I'd like—"

    "It's 'If a body meet a body coming through the rye!'" old Phoebe said. "It's a poem. By Robert Burns."

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Thursday March 19, 2009 at 3:07 PM