The Catcher in the Rye CH 13-20

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Chapters 13 - 20

The Catcher in the Rye

Match the terms to the correct answers.

Pencey Prep Pennsylvania / New York City

 Coming-of-age story

Holden Caulfield

"Life is a game"

Alienation / Phoniness

Genre:

Setting: 

Metaphor: 

Themes: 

Protagonist: 

Literature

Genre: Coming-of-age story

Setting: Pencey Prep Pennsylvania / New York City

Metaphor: "Life is a game"

Themes: Alienation / Phoniness

Protagonist: Holden Caulfield

What is Holden's main struggle? 

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Holden Caulfield's struggle

Holden struggles with growing up. 

Holden alienates himself.  Holden tries to protect himself from the outside world by acting bitterly towards the people around him and criticizing them.  

  

Holden tries to connect with other people (also tries to sexually), but he finds this very difficult.  Holden accuses adults of being ‘phony’ and he often thinks about childhood memories.

 

Themes

The phoniness of adults

vs

The innocence of children / Childhood

Summary

Briefly summarize the plot so far in ± 5 sentences / short phrases

1. Expelled

2. _____

3. _____

4. _____

5. _____

CH 13+14

1. Who is Sunny? (p. 103)
2. What happens? (p. 104-105) (link this to the motif of 'lying')
3. Why does Maurice (the elevator guy) come back? (p. 109-113)

Plot

CH14

p. 107 - What happened in the past that still affects him? How does Holden feel about this?

CH15

p. 124-125 - What made Holden feel better? How does this link to the title?

Symbol

CH 16 p. 131

The Museum of Natural History is an important symbol.

What could the Museum of Natural History represent?

"The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. [...] Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you.| (p. 131)

CH 17 - Sally

p. 136 - Who are phonies according to Holden?

p. 140-143 - What does Holden ask Sally? How does she respond?

CH 19 - Old Luce

The Wicker Bar, NY. Holden meets up with Old Luce.

1. How would you describe the relationship between Luce and Holden? (154 - 159)

2. What did Old Luce say Holden needed? (p. 159)

Portfolio 

Create a Portfolio and add the assignments you have already done. You need to keep this for V6 (you could be asked to do an assignment about this book!) Deadline: Thursday 21st of January 

1. Plot summary

2. Characterization

3. Holden's language

4. Explanation of the title

5. Symbolism

Final Assignment

Deadline: Thursday the 11th of February

• There are 5 different assignments. Choose one assignment.

• Each written assignment must be 1 page (A4) in length (font Arial 12/Calibri 12).

• The vlog must be between 1 and 2 minutes long.

• You need to upload your assignment to Google Classroom and Turnitin (plagiarism check). You are not allowed to use sources from the Internet or someone else’s work. This is plagiarism and will result in a 1.1.

Group Work - CH 20-25

Each group is responsible for answering the questions about the assigned chapters.

I've uploaded the document to Classroom.

Homework

Group Work - Ch 20-25

 In the Google Meet, each group will discuss the answers to the questions.

Edpuzzle - quesions 

Watch the video about The Catcher in the Rye on Edpuzzle and answer the questions (Classroom).