january 20

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Basket Case" by Green Day; "Volcano" by Beck]

Today you have two choices on the topic:

[1] The first line of Catcher in the Rye is this:

"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." 

Why?  What first impression is Salinger (the author) trying to make about this book and its protagonist?

 

[2] Listen to today's tunes and write your first impressions of Holden Caulfield.  Is his "voice" authentic to you?  Does it express what you/people you know experience?  Is it exaggerated?  Explain your answer.

 

AGENDA:

1. Journal

2. Blog audit

3. Mini-lecture/discussion: Catcher in the Rye 

4. Chapter 2

 

HW:

1. Summarize Chapters 1 & 2 of Catcher in the Rye on your course blog (title: ALL THAT DAVID COPPERFIELD KIND OF CRAP)