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J.D Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye An Introduction

Journal Entry Comparison: use simile, metaphor, and personification to conjure images in your reader’s mind. Appeal to the senses: enhance images by describing how things look, sound, feel, taste, and smell. Details: use detail to create clear images.

Assignment Using the techniques listed above, to write a description of a special object. Your description must be at least a 1⁄2 page long.

Discuss lying – Who do we lie to. Why do we lie. Does everyone lie Discuss lying – Who do we lie to? Why do we lie? Does everyone lie? Is lying ever the right thing to do? Distribute copies of the article titled The Truth About Lying and the accompanying questions. Students are to read through the article and answer the questions in writing. When they are finished, discuss the article and the answers to the questions.

America had won the War!!! We beat the Japanese! We beat the Germans! It was good to be in America! It was good to be an American!! Or was it…

Was there a lingering angst in America?

Enter J.D. Salinger Born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1919 Publishes Catcher in The Rye in 1951

Salinger’s main character, Holden Caulfield epitomizes the growing pains of an entire generation of high school students

Holden Caulfield comes from a wealthy background He attends a fancy boarding school He has all the assumed advantages and privileges American society can offer Yet still…

He suffers.

Quickwrite Imagine you’re rich and go to boarding school You have every opportunity to have power and influence in society Why might you still be unhappy?