Transcript The Catcher in the Rye

Introduction
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Think about the following prompt and then
respond to it (it will make sense later)
What would you do if you walked into a room
and you realized you had a piece of dog poop
on your head?
You cannot take it off your head.
You cannot have someone else take the dog poop
off your head.
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What would you do?
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an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye as
well as his reclusive nature. He has not published an original work since 1965
and has not been interviewed since 1980.
Raised in Manhattan, New York, Salinger began writing short stories while in
secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before
serving in World War II. In 1951 Salinger released his first novel, The Catcher
in the Rye, an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent
alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was
influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel remains widely
read, selling around 250,000 copies a year.
The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny;
Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed
Catcher with a short story collection Nine Stories (1953), a collection of two
novellas : Franny and Zooey (1961), and another collection of novellas: Raise
High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His
last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924," appeared in The
New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterwards, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal
battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton and the release in the late
1990s of memoirs written by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard , an exlover; and Margaret Salinger, his daughter.
Books
 The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
 Nine Stories (1953)
 "A Perfect Day for Bananafish”
(1948)
 "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”
(1948)
 "Just Before the War with the
Eskimos” (1948)
 "The Laughing Man” (1949)
 "Down at the Dinghy” (1949)
 "For Esmé with Love and Squalor”
(1950)
 "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes”
(1951)
 "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period”
(1952)
 "Teddy” (1953)
 Franny and Zooey (1961)
 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
 "Raise High the Roof-Beam,
Carpenters" (1955)
 "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959)
Stories
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"Go See Eddie” (1940, republished in Fiction: Form
& Experience, ed. William M. Jones, 1969)
"The Hang of It” (1941, republished in The Kit Book
for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1943)
"The Long Debut of Lois Taggett” (1942, republished
in Stories: The Fiction of the Forties, ed. Whit
Burnett, 1949)
"A Boy in France” (1945, republished in Post Stories
1942-45, ed. Ben Hibbs, 1946)
"This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise” 1945,
republished in, 1959)
"A Girl I Knew” (1948, republished in Best American
Short Stories 1949, ed. Martha Foley, 1949)
"Slight Rebellion off Madison” (1946, republished in
2000)
"The Young Folks” (1940)
"The Heart of a Broken Story” (1941)
"Personal Notes of an Infantryman” 1942)
"The Varioni Brothers” (1943)
"Both Parties Concerned” (1944)
"Soft Boiled Sergeant” (1944)
"Last Day of the Last Furlough” (1944)
"Once a Week Won't Kill You” (1944)
"Elaine” (1945)
"The Stranger” (1945)
"I'm Crazy” (1945)
"A Young Girl in 1941 with No Waist at All” (1947)
"The Inverted Forest” (1943)
"Blue Melody” (1948)
"Hapworth 16, 1924” (1964)
Rye (on the left)
Rye= a grass grown cereal grain; crop. Rye grain is used
for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskies, some
vodkas, and animal fodder (feed). It can also be eaten
whole, either as boiled rye berries, or by being rolled/
Rye is a cereal and should not be confused with ryegrass
which is used for lawns and hay for livestock.
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Turn to page 5 of your packet and copy down
the questions from chapters 1-4 on the left
side of the paper.
PREDICTIONS
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After learning about the author, reading the
title, and reading the comprehension questions
write your predictions of what you think this
book is going to be about. What is going to be
the overall theme? What kind of characters will
be introduced? What tone will be represented?
What else can you predict?
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The protagonist and narrator of the novel.
David is innocent, trusting, and naïve even
though he suffers abuse as a child. He is
idealistic and impulsive and remains
honest and loving. Though David's
troubled childhood renders him
sympathetic, he is not perfect. He often
exhibits chauvinistic attitudes toward the
lower classes. In some instances,
foolhardy decisions mar David's good
intentions.
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If you have $100 Converted from 1940 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $1433.77
In 1940 a new house cost $3,920.00 and by 1949 was $7,450.00
In 1940 the average income per year was $1,725.00 and by 1949 was $2,950.00
In 1940 a gallon of gas was 11 cents and by 1949 was 17 cents
In 1940 the average cost of new car was $850.00 and by 1949 was $1,420.00 More
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A few more prices from the 40's and how much things cost
100 asprin 76 cents
Philco Refrigerator $239.00
Pork Loin Roast per pound 45 cents
Nylon Hose 20 cents
New Emerson Bedroom Radio 1938 $19.65
Mens Suits from $24.50
Portable electric heater $42.50
Sealey Mattress $38.00
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The late 30's and The war in the 40's changed many things and one of those was how black
sportsmen became popular heroes and paved the way for future generations, these included Joe
Louis ( Boxer ), Jesse Jackson ( Runner ) and Jackie Robinson ( Baseball Player ).
Some of the Most Well Known Movie Stars of the Forties
Clark Gable couple of his films from the 40's The Hucksters and Bob Hope couple of his films
from the 40's ; Bing Crosby couple of his films from the 40's; Humphrey Bogart couple of his
films from the 40's ; Abbott and Costello couple of films from the 40's
Rhythm and blues Music becomes popular and the beginnings of Rock and roll
World War II 1940's
The Forties were dominated by World War II , and after a long period of Economic Recession
throughout the world, starting with Wall Street Crash in 1929 and through most of the 30's, the
world would be a different place after the 2nd world war ended. As so often happens during war
technological advances in any technology that is seen to provide some advantage jump in leaps
and bounds the 40's provide some of the best examples
The first ever use of a Nuclear Bomb during wartime when the US bombed Hiroshima and
Nagasaki in Japan.
Major advancements in radar to help with tracking Enemy aircraft which after the war changed
the aviation industry
Jet Engines, Radar and Nuclear Fission technological advances due to the war
Colossus, the world's first totally electronic and digital computer
Inventions The Year Invented Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
45 rpm Record ----- 1949 USA
Artificial Intelligence ----- 1947 England by Alan Turing
Atomic Bomb ----- 1945 USA by Robert Oppenheimer's team
Atomic Power ----- 1942 USA by Enrico Fermi's team creating first self-sustaining chain
reaction
Aqualung ----- 1943 France by J Cousteau and E Gagnon
Automation ----- 1946 USA by Henry Ford
Computer ----- 1948 England by Freddie William's team
Guided Missile ----- 1942 Germany by Werner von Braun
Long Playing Record LP ----- 1948 USA made of vinyl and played at 33 rpm
Microwave Oven ----- 1946 USA by Percy L Spencer
Mobile Phone ----- 1947 USA
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A Bargain at Any Price
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By Jeff Little
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1951 a gallon of gasoline 20 cents.
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In 1953 a typical house went for around $17,400.
Postage was still 3 cents.
T-bone steak was 95 cents a pound in 1954.
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nylon hose ($1.00)
By 1956 the average American was making around $2.14 an hour
variety of Ford automobiles that cost under $1,800.
Bread was 19 cents a loaf in 1957. And milk was going for about $1.00 a
gallon.
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Movies
◦ Sunset Boulevard, starring Gloria Swanson and William
Holden; All about Eve, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
Fiction
◦ Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles; Budd Schulberg, The
Disenchanted; Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and Into
the Trees.
Popular Songs
◦ Bing Crosby, "Dear Hearts and Gentle People"; Red Foley,
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"; Eileen Barton, "If I Knew You
Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"; Billy Eckstine, "My Foolish
Heart"; Bill Snyder and His Orchestra, "Bewitched, Bothered,
and Bewildered"; Nat "King" Cole, "Mona Lisa"; Sammy Kaye
and His Orchestra, "Harbor Lights"; Betty Hutton and Perry
Corno, "A Bushel and a Peck."
 Marilyn Monroe, twenty-four, makes her debut in John Huston's film
The Asphalt Jungle.
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