Thursday, February 21, 2013

Catcher in-class writing help for Friday's class


For tomorrow’s in-class writing, you will be asked to write about one or two of the following topics found in The Catcher in the Rye in organized paragraphs in which you note specific incidents and even lines (quotations) from the novel. Prepare some brief notes on each since you won’t know about which topics you may write.You may use notes for this writing assignment, but definitely not printed "outside" sources.

The Catcher in the Rye both values and criticizes education and the educational system. 

Catching and falling imagery and how each relates to the novel’s theme

Allie, Jane, or Phoebe (you will write about one, if given the option) as each presents both hope and problems for Holden

Holden’s preference for things to remain the same—dislike of change and/or growth

The Catcher in the Rye as a criticism of American materialism

The Catcher in the Rye as a criticism of a morally corrupt world.

1 Comments:

At 8:52 PM, Anonymous KFish blue said...

Central Idea: Holden is always finding ways to catch children and saving them as the fall into a grown up world.

Thesis statement: Holden thinks that by trying to help these children, he is saving them from growing up and entering the adult world which is an impossible thing to do.

 

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