The Catcher in the Rye Maggie Michaels‚ Benson High School Keith Higbee‚ Wilson High School Amy Botula‚ Wilson High School Tammy Lite-O’Neill‚ Wilson High School 2007 DRAFT PPS Funding Table of Contents Introduction 1 Calendar 3 Criteria and Standards Table 4 Parent Opt-Out Letter 5 Journals 6 Pre-Reading: Teens Reflecting on the Teen Experience 9 Teens Overhead 10
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meaning of life. It is the saga of events in life that changes people’s perception. In the big picture‚ the human condition is also the reasons which causes a child to grow and mature into a man. J.D. Salinger explores this condition through his character Holden in his book The Catcher in the Rye and director Fred Schepisi in his film Six Degrees of Separation‚ through his main character‚ Paul. Both texts delve deep into the workings of the human condition. While one boy fights to break apart
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The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ lives a troubled life of not really caring about the repercussions of his actions. Holden’s beliefs on life are very narrow minded and he is very judgmental of everyone around him. Holden also has a strong belief that mostly everyone in the world is a phony. This ties into Holden’s wants of becoming a catcher in the rye when he is older. In the future Holden wants to become the catcher in the rye to
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deeper than simple readers could ever imagine. J.D. Salinger was no different when writing his book that achieved so much fame during the 1900’s‚ and every character written about has a deeper meaning in and of itself. Salinger weaves the main character in with other supporting ones‚ comparing and contrasting until each point he intended to make was able to make it down on paper in a way that readers need to dig deeper to understand. Salinger places his main character in a sea of people‚ carefully
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Holden on the Change. As a natural process‚ all human being go through life experiences as a part of the life cycle. In the novel J. D. Salinger CATCHER IN THE RYE‚ through his experiences Holden Caulfield faces many changes with regards to his relations‚ how he communicates with others and by the end of the novel he‚ mature as a person. Relationships and sexuality are big recurring pattern in the novel. Holden is always searching for a new friend but he always turns away at the last moment.
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“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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Hoffman The Catcher in the Rye Symbolism Many teenagers around the age of Holden Caulfield‚ main character from The Catcher in the Rye‚ get worried and scared of growing up. Many children struggle with not wanting to grow up and the painfulness of it. J.D Salinger‚ author of The Catcher in the Rye‚ uses symbolism to create a theme. He uses the symbol of the catcher in the rye to develop the themes of the innocence of children and the phoniness of adulthood. The catcher in the rye first comes up
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ENG 3U1 – The Catcher in the Rye Essay Outline Assignment Task: Pick one of the essay prompts below. Your answer to the prompt will be the thesis of your essay. Thoughtfully and carefully craft an essay outline to develop and defend your thesis. Be concise and to the point‚ this is only an outline! You may consult your agenda‚ previous notes and our class for essay writing tips. Be sure to use text-based evidence to support your thesis. Essay Prompts Throughout the novel‚ Holden is a tormented adolescent
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The Catcher in the Rye Essay In The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden is challenged with multiple obstacles of both society and life while struggling to find somewhere to go as well as a relationship with things‚ and even the world. From the start of the book‚ the audience begins to understand Holden’s perspective on society. Holden is easy to identify with because of how he interacts with people and the situations that are brought upon him to make him in fact a phony. The use of false
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In the second part of “The Stranger‚” Meursault is on trial for the assassination of an Arab man. Camus simply utilizes the trial as a metaphor for life to promote his notion of the absurd. Camus believes that the absurdity of our inherently meaningless life is our quest to find meaning or validity in a world where there is no absolute truth. Similar to our ambition to find meaning in our life‚ the trial attempts to search for Meursault’s motive to murder the seemingly innocent Arab. As the case
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