1. Why does Holden want to be "the catcher in the rye"? How does this idea highlight or explain the emotional issues he is dealing with? (50)*page numbers*

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is obsessed in preserving his innocence. ... Due to his obsession of preserving his innocence, he wishes to be “the catcher in the rye” to protect the children from falling off the cliff. He finds the adult world corrupted and poisonous

b. failure at least that one seems the most negative out of all of the answers provided pls correct me if i'm wrong. : ))

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.