Catcher in the Rye

10-27-2010period 4English

Initiative

Ruben Prieto

La Nette Wilson

Author’s info

• J.D. Salinger was born in January 1st, 1919

• He grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan N.Y.

• He studied at Ursinus College and New York University.

• During World War 2 he was drafted into infantry

• He served the army signal corps from 1942 to 1946

Title Information

The title symbolizes what Holden wants to do. He wants to protect the innocent children from dangers, because he wasn’t there to protect his brother.

Theme

The theme of Catcher in the Rye is that Holden is coming out of his age and finding himself, He is discovering what his life is really about.

Literary Devices • Pg. 1 “… how my parents were occupied before they had me and all

that David Copperfield kind of crap” – Allusion , The author uses allusion to compare the life of someone's past to his

• Pg. 8 “ life is a game boy” – Metaphor , the author uses a metaphor because like a game life is unpredictable.

• Pg. 42 “ I could hardly Keep my voice from shaking all over the place” – Personification, The author uses personification to explain how nervous the character was.

• Pg. 49 “ A couple minutes later, he was snoring like mad” – Simile, The author uses simile to express how loud he snored.

• Pg. 53 “ I’ve told you about 50 times” – Hyperbole , author uses hyperbole to show how enraged the character was for repeating bole, The himself.

Song that Describes the CharacterSong that Describes the Character

• Life it seems will fade awayDrifting further every dayGetting lost within myselfNothing matters, no one elseI have lost the will to liveSimply nothing more to giveThere is nothing more for meNeed the end to set me freeThings not what they used to beMissing one inside of meDeathly lost, this can't be realCannot stand this hell I feelEmptiness is filling meTo the point of agonyGrowing darkness taking dawnI was me but now he's goneNo one but me can save myselfBut it's too lateNow I can't thinkThink why I should even tryYesterday seems as thoughIt never existedDeath greets me warmNow I will just say goodbye

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E

• This song describes the character because , like the character the song is depressing and is giving up on a lot of things.

Vocabulary

• Pg. 3 Ostracized: The whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train.” – To exclude– Origin: 1640–50 Greek

• Pg. 49 Technique: “ I knew that guy Stradlater’s technique.” – Method or performance– Origin: 1810–20 Greek

• Pg. 94 Nonchalant: “I was getting more and more nonchalant as it went along” – Lack of heart– Origin: 1725–35 Latin

• Pg. 138 Putrid: “ I was so putrid I couldn’t take my eyes off it” – morally corrupt– Origin: 1375–1425 Latin

Characterization One character that has an affect on

Holden’s life is Stradlater. According to the book Stradlater is a handsome and conceited person, he is a person that always looks in the mirror and can’t stop looking. Pg. 26 “ He always walks around in his bare torso because he thinks he has a da** good build”. He affects Holden’s because Stradlater is basically a bully to Holden, he makes him do his homework for him and if he doesn’t do it right he would offend him by putting him down.

Favorite scene RubenSally: “ Stop screaming. Are you

drunk?”Holden: “ Yea. Listen hey I’ll come

over Christmas Eve. Okay? Trimma g%* d@!# tree for ya. Okay? Hey Sally”

Sally: “ Yes go to bed now. Where are you? Who’s with you?

This is my favorite scene because to me it’s hysterical to watch an intoxicated person making himself or herself look like an idiot in public or in front of a friend. Pg.151

Favorite Scene

Lanette Holden: “I’m not going away

anywhere. I changed my mind. So stop crying and shut up.”

This is my favorite scene because this is where he realized he needed to except the past and stop running. Mostly because he was hurting his sister. Pg. 207

Holden’s Dog Poop

There were many things that could be considered as holden’s dog poop, but the problem that most affected him and that he tries to hide is the pain with all the intoxocating liquor that he drinks hoping it will go away, but it doesn’t. “Allie don’t let me disappear. Please Allie.” Pg. 198

Symbolism

A symbolization in the book is Allie’s baseball mitt. His baseball mitt symbolizes all the innocence and joy his brother brought. It also symbolizes the way his brother was kind, intelligent, and creative.Another symbol is the ducks in the pond. He keeps worrying where the ducks go in the winter time, he worries because, like his brother, the ducks are innocent and he wants to protect them because he was unable to protect his brother.

Summary of the book

In the book “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger, the main character struggles with getting kicked out of school and living on the streets of New York for a few days. During these few days the main character goes through many signs of grief due to his brothers death. He tries to hide the grief drinking to try to forget but it wont go away. He also tries to run away from his problems but ends up going back home to his little sister.

Statement of Value

Ruben*I learned that if you grieve over something, try to forget the past because if your miserable, the people around you are miserable.

Lanette* I learned that even if bad things happen in life you shouldn’t give up. Running away solves nothing. But you make mistakes to learn. Phoebe had to cry and beg for him to take her with him for him to realize he needed to grow up.