Wednesday, March 23rd

1) Last Team Teachers

If you do not present today you will have to make special arrangements with me to complete a presentation to me in person.

2) Catcher Review

• Terms and Vocabulary - Bildungsroman, Allusion, Symbol, Bourgeois, Existentialism, Idealism, Divergent Thinking, Hypocrisy, Nostalgia, Pathetic Fallacy, Post Modern


• Symbols and Quotes

DUCKS "I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy..." The cycles off life terrified him. Moving on terrified him. He wanted everything to stay the same.

MUSEUM "Everybody always stayed right where they were. Nobody'd move." Holden wanted to stay a child. He feared change.

RED HUNTING HAT "This is a people shooting hat." It was also a way to stand out, a way to be divergent. It also made him feel safe, alone, untouchable.

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE "I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff..." He catches children falling... as if he can keep them young and safe...

• Themes
  
  People are phony.
  A man is not an island... but Holden really wanted to be. He was self-alienating.
  To your own self be true.
  Don't become a fake as you grow up.
  Look to children for remarkable truths.
  Relationships and sex and love and all that crazy stuff is confusing but worth it.
  The teen years can be tough but are really, really important.
  We should all learn how to have empathy. To think about others as whole people with vices and virtues.
  

3) Discussion Questions - also on the board (I'll post them here soon)

Tomorrow - Library Block for creative project...
Friday - Catcher in the Rye Test (study notes from the Wednesday class)