Background


Robert Burns Poem
"Comin' Thro the Rye"

1940s Music Video

Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye, The. New York: Bantam Books. 1986.


Assignments

Do a total of 20 Say-Mean-Matter entries which is approximately one entry for every twenty pages. Be sure to cover the entire book.

Choice -

Write a modern version that depicts the angst of today's American society. Show how Holden would react today.

or

Write a cause and effect essay which explains how today's teenager can become a modern Holden Caulfield.


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J. D. Salinger featued
September 15, 1961