Catcher literary mimicry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

SE A (5%)

Schriftelijke toets (open vragen)

70 minuten

Herkansbaar

Stof:
The Catcher in the Rye, besproken achtergrondinformatie + literaire begrippen, creatieve schrijfopdracht

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Ook bij creative writing oppassen voor onzin. 

Catcher in the Rye

Narrator:

Holden Caulfield, 17 years old, caucasian

Setting:

America, 1950s

Famous first lines

Which of the following 4 first lines of famous novels is the start of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

A. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'

B. "You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy."

C. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."

D. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

Which of these famous first lines belongs to the Catcher in the Rye?

1. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'
2. "You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy."
3. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
4. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

A= Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
B = The Color Purple - Alice Walker

C = Catcher

D = 1984 - George Orwell

Show your literary pokerface

I will show you the first sentence of the book again and it's up to you to write the rest of the first paragraph (80 - 100 words) trying to use Holden's voice.

We will go through a few of the anonymous first pages and vote on which one you think is the real one. Let's find out if you can fool your classmates!

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."

The Catcher in the Rye - paragraph 1

Let's read...