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Poll Results: Best Observations/Advice for Holden

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Who gave Holden the best observations and advice?
  
Mr. Spencer  (16)

6%

  
Mr. Thurmer  (2)

0%

  
Sally Hayes  (3)

1%

  
Carl Luce  (1)

0%

  
Mr. Antolini  (80)

33%

  
Phoebe  (76)

31%

  
Holden himself  (54)

22%

  
(not listed)  (6)

2%


Total Votes: 238
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Visitor Comments (7)

I wonder if Phoebe grew up to do porn?8/6/00 9:20:17 PM
Mr. Antolini seemed most interested in helping Holden but what was up with that patting on the head while he was asleep? Weird!!!8/6/00 9:17:58 PM
Re: the previous comment, that's literary. I think Holden needed the abstract and adult observations of Antolini more.8/5/00 11:14:40 PM
I think it was Phoebe, because she told him it was "If a body MEET a body" and not "If a body CATCH a body", which neatly foreshadows...8/3/00 5:10:32 PM
...that Holden realizes in the carrousel scene that he needn't catch people/be the Catcher in the Rye8/3/00 5:09:06 PM
Phoebe's innocence captures the very essence of Holden. BC8/1/00 1:02:30 AM
stradlater7/31/00 7:41:34 PM

Poll dates: 28 July - 11 August 2000 (two weeks)

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