BELLWORK Have you related to Holden yet? How have you related to him?

PLANNER: HOMEWORK Tonight, I would like you to type up your symbol story in the MLA format we are going to learn. It needs to be printed and ready to go for class on Thursday!

CLASS IN TWO PARTS PART ONE: Character Analysis and Traits: Catcher PART TWO: MLA and How to Format

Character Analysis and Traits: Catcher 08-13-19

Holden as a Character As a character, Holden has a few things he does that are characteristically “him” He tends to use a lot of emotional mechanisms that make him the victim of other people, which places the blame on others for his behavior He tends to not have much emotional reaction in his voice, but we can tell, as readers, that there is a lot that Holden really does care about

Holden as a Character Holden also tends to seem to be a passive character This means that he lets things happen to him, rather than doing things to effect an outcome in the story He also describes things as happening to him versus him enacting these things to happen For example, it is the lousiness of people that causes Holden to be an outsider, not the fact that he pushes people away

Other Characters Salinger also uses the grotesque to describe many of the characters in the novel The grotesque is the exaggeration of action to the extreme to make it gross or unreal and uncomfortable for its reader These gross moments in Catcher are so distorted that it almost makes the moment comedic For example: Mr. Spencer and Ackley do gross things to the point that they become almost funny

Conversation What else do you notice about Holden or the other characters that we’ve met? Why do you think Salinger writes them in this way?

PART II: MLA 08-13-19

Directions Please get out a new, blank sheet of paper You are going to treat this as your template of the way you should type your papers from this point forward!

What do we need first?

We Need A Header A header gives us the author’s last name and the page number This is extremely important to keep our info in order

Header

Header

Header

Header

Header

Header

Header

Now Let’s Change the Font What font should our paper be in? Times New Roman!

What is Still Wrong with the Format?

Everything Needs to be in 12 Point Font!

What’s Next? Now, we need our name There is a specific order that your name, class name, etc. NEEDS to be in to follow the MLA format

Format

What is Still Wrong with the Format?

Everything Needs to be Double-Spaced!

Double-Spacing

Double-Spacing

Double-Spacing

Double-Spacing

Double-Spacing

What Do We Need Next?

A… Title! Make it fun This is where you can get creative and even punny

Title

Title The title needs to be centered! Seriously, make it fun or cheesy

What Do We Need Next?

Now... We can start our paper! But not without a few rules

Rules As You Continue Keep the paper consistent Double-Spacing Indentation at Paragraphs Always the Same Font