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January 29 — folder and parent signature due
Did you show the teacher your two-pocket folder with three-ring center? (5 pts.) YES

Did you show the teacher your Parent Signature? (5 pts.) YES

January 30 — note cards due
Did you show the teacher your one pack of 3x5 notecards? (5 pts.) YES

Did you buy your own copy of The Catcher in the Rye to mark up? (optional) NO

January 31 — select a topic
View a list of potential paper topics: Choose a topic for your paper and type it here: (5 points)

Holden calls others phony, but he is a phony himself

February 4 — thesis due
Your thesis tells your readers what point you will be making and defending about the novel. For a guide to writing your thesis (and some examples) click here. __Write your thesis here__: (5 points)

In the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Saligner, Holden Caulfield is a phony. He criticizes many people on their actions, behaviors, and even looks but he fails to realize that he is just like them. Not only did he fail to realize he is a phony, he failed to notice that he was a hypocritical person. Many times, he criticizes a person for their actions, when he can relate on doing something very similar. The biggest characteristic that makes him a phony is that he is a liar. He often lies to get out of reality, trouble and truth. Throughout the story, he lies to many people so he can either talk to them, or make them go away. Holden Caulfield has all the characteristics to make him a phony, and he displays them throughout the story.

Your three main body topics are the main topics you will use to defend your thesis. You should use at least three different subtopics (main bodies) to defend your thesis in the paper. Many students use 4, 5, or even more main body topics to organize their papers. THREE IS JUST A MINIMUM.

__Please enter (at least) three main body topics here__: (5 points)

1) Criticizes people 2) Hypocritical person 3) A liar

February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragrpah tells your readers the thesis of your paper, and briefly outlines the main body paragraph topics you will use to prove and defend your thesis. __Type **(or link to)** your Introductory Paragraph here__: (10 points)

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D. Saligner, it takes place in New York around the 1950s. The main character, and the narrator’s name is Holden Caulfield, Holden is a young man lost in his own life. After failing out of his fourth school, Holden decides to go to New York before going home to his parents. As reading, readers will indicate that Holden Caulfield is in need of help, and will take a tragic fall if he doesn’t get any. This novel is about the adventure of Holden Caulfield’s life and his time in New York. The readers will identify that Holden Caulfield is a phony. He criticizes many people on their actions, behaviors, and even looks but he fails to realize that he is just like them. Not only did he fail to realize he is a phony, he failed to notice that he was a hypocritical person. Many times, he criticizes a person for their actions, when he can relate on doing something very similar. The biggest characteristic that makes him a phony is that he is a liar. He often lies to get out of reality, trouble and truth. Throughout the story, he lies to many people so he can either talk to them, or make them go away. Holden Caulfield has all the characteristics to make him a phony, and he displays them throughout the story.

February 7 — critical articles (secondary sources) due
You need at least three secondary sources (essays or articles about the novel written by professional critics) from which you will quote the words of the author/critic to help defend your thesis. __List the titles and authors of your three secondary sources here__: (5 points)

1)[|Source 1] 2)[|Source 2] 3)[|Source 3]


 * NOTE**: It is a good idea to find more than three articles in case you change your mind about using one of them. Remember, your final paper must have a total of 8-15 quotes from these secondary sources to help you make your point and defend your thesis. These eight quotes must come from at least three different secondary sources.

February 8 — secondary source quotes
Using each of your three articles at least once, select at least 8 details or quotes from your articles to defend thesis. YOU MUST LIST THE QUOTE, THE SOURCE OF THE QUOTE, AND THE MAIN BODY TOPIC OF YOUR PAPER WHERE YOU WILL USE THE QUOTE. __List at least eight quotes from secondary sources here__: (5 points)

1) QUOTE: Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life. TITLE & PAGE: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield. page 1 AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: criticizes people

2) QUOTE: While Holden is quick to pass severe judgements on others he is not as quick to see the faults in himself. TITLE & PAGE: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield. page 1 AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: criticizes people

3) QUOTE: In a similar fashion he passes harsh verdicts on people who do not measure up to his standards of taste and urban sophistication. TITLE & PAGE: The Immautre World of Holden Caulfield. page 2 AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

4) QUOTE: What disturbs Holden about the world in which he finds himself is adults and adult values TITLE & PAGE: The Immautre World of Holden Caulfield. page 2. AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

5) QUOTE: His mental breakdown is a direcct result of his inability to come to terms with adult reality. TITLE & PAGE: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield. page 3 AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: A liar

6) QUOTE: His viewpoint is as limited as that of Hazlitt's young man who thinks that he will never die TITLE & PAGE: Salinger's Oasis of Innocence. page 1 AUTHOR: Anne Marple SUBTOPIC: Criticizes people

7) QUOTE: Holden's disturbance was taken to be both his unique, personal gift and the fault of a hypocritical, uncaring society, one particularly indifferent to its more sensitive souls. TITLE & PAGE: Love and Death in The Catcher in the Rye. page 1 AUTHOR: Peter Shaw SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

8) QUOTE: Holden's psychologically disturbed state has been advanced as the source both of his insight and of his lack of insight. TITLE & PAGE: Love and Death in The Catcher in the Rye. page 2 AUTHOR: Peter Shaw SUBTOPIC: Crticizes people

(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)

February 11 — primary source quotes
Please select at least 10 details from the novel to defend thesis Feb 11 __List them here__: (5 points)

1) QUOTE: "They got a bang out of things, though in a half assed way, of course." PAGE NUMBER: page. 6 SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

2) QUOTE: "Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pency, in the whole crumby history of the place." PAGE NUMBER: page. 54 SUBTOPIC: criticizes people

3) QUOTE: "Then i started reading this timetable i had in my pocket, just to stop lying. Once i get started i can go on for hours if I feel like it." PAGE NUMBER: page. 58 SUBTOPIC: a liar

4) QUOTE: "I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them." PAGE NUMBER: page. 108 SUBTOPIC: criticizes people

5) QUOTE: "You could tell they all wanted to go to the movies, I couldn't stand looking at them." PAGE NUMBER: page. 116 SUBTOPIC: criticizes people

6) QUOTE: He was with some gorgeous blonde, and the two of them were trying to be very blase and all, like as if he didn't even know people were looking at him, modest as hell, i got a big bang out of it." PAGE NUMBER: page. 127 SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

7) QUOTE:"You ought to go to a boys' school sometime, try it sometime, it's full of phonies." PAGE NUMBER: page. 131 SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

8) QUOTE: "I was probably the only normal bastard in the whole place." PAGE NUMBER: page. 62 SUBTOPIC: Hypocritical person

9) QUOTE: "You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were." PAGE NUMBER: page. 126 SUBTOPIC: Criticizes people

10) QUOTE: "Even the couple of nice teachers on the faculty, they were phonies too." PAGE NUMBER: page. 168 SUBTOPIC: Criticizes people

(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)

February 12 — outline your main body
Please arrange your 10 primary source quotes and your 8 secondary source quotes into an outline of the body of your critical paper. In other words, list the quotes in the order you will use them under each main body topic.

If you use a word document to do this, this could become the framework for your actual paper (because you could type your own writing in between the quotes after you've arranged them in order in this outline, thus creating a draft of your actual paper).

__Please post **(or link to)** a word document containing the outline of your main body (everything but your intro and conclusion) here:__ (5 points)

II. Criticizes people A. Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life. B. While Holden is quick to pass severe judgements on others he is not as quick to see the faults in himself. C. His viewpoint is as limited as that of Hazlitt's young man who thinks that he will never die D. "Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pency, in the whole crumby history of the place." E. "I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them." F. "You could tell they all wanted to go to the movies, I couldn't stand looking at them." III. Hypocritical person A. In a similar fashion he passes harsh verdicts on people who do not measure up to his standards of taste and urban sophistication. B. What disturbs Holden about the world in which he finds himself is adults and adult values C. Holden's disturbance was taken to be both his unique, personal gift and the fault of a hypocritical, uncaring society, one particularly indifferent to its more sensitive souls. D. "They got a bang out of things, though in a half assed way, of course." E. He was with some gorgeous blonde, and the two of them were trying to be very blase and all, like as if he didn't even know people were looking at him, modest as hell, I got a big bang out of it."   F.  "You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were."   IV. A liar   A.  His mental breakdown is a direct result of his inability to come to terms with adult reality.   B.  Holden's psychologically disturbed state has been advanced as the source both of his insight and of his lack of insight.   C.    D.  "Then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket, just to stop lying. Once i get started I can go on for hours if I feel like it."  E.  “I’m a very good liar.”  F.   V. Conclusion ||
 * __ OUTLINE __ ||
 * I. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D. Saligner, it takes place in New York around the 1950s. The main character, and the narrator’s name is Holden Caulfield, Holden is a young man lost in his own life. After failing out of his fourth school, Holden decides to go to New York before going home to his parents. As reading, readers will indicate that Holden Caulfield is in need of help, and will take a tragic fall if he doesn’t get any. This novel is about the adventure of Holden Caulfield’s life and his time in New York. The readers will identify that Holden Caulfield is a phony. He criticizes many people on their actions, behaviors, and even looks but he fails to realize that he is just like them. Not only did he fail to realize he is a phony, he failed to notice that he was a hypocritical person. Many times, he criticizes a person for their actions, when he can relate on doing something very similar. The biggest characteristic that makes him a phony is that he is a liar. He often lies to get out of reality, trouble and truth. Throughout the story, he lies to many people so he can either talk to them, or make them go away. Holden Caulfield has all the characteristics to make him a phony, and he displays them throughout the story.

February 13 — first draft of main body
Write a draft of the body of your paper for peer review.

Please create a link to this first draft, calling it (YOURNAME)'S FIRST DRAFT, as a __new__ wiki page. Ask __at least three__ of your classmates to __read__ your draft (you might need to tell them where to find it by emailing them a link). Students will be expected to read each other's drafts __and leave comments__ in the discussion board. (10 points)

Throughout the story, the reader will read in almost every page about Holden criticizing another person. Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life. As Holden said in chapter 8, "Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pency, in the whole crumby history of the place." Holden is quick to pass strong perspectives on others but he does not realize that many of his judgments on one person will be similar to a judgment he made on another person. Which displays Holden’s immatureness, and phoniness. He is quick to criticize a person for any reason. Holden admits to this when he says in chapter 15, “I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them.” This describes the problems Holden is facing upon himself. No matter what the person is doing, Holden will find a way to criticize them, “you could tell they all wanted to go to the movies, I couldn’t stand looking at them.” He may be criticizing the “phonies” but Holden doesn’t realize that it is him who is turning into a phony by strongly disliking, and criticizing people, many who he does not know. “Holden’s viewpoint is as limited as that of Hazlitt's young man who thinks that he will never die.” Holden is a hypocritical person; many times he will criticize a person when he has had the same experience. Holden will frequently act as the same way he criticized about a person. “In a similar fashion he passes harsh verdicts on people who do not measure up to his standards of taste and urban sophistication.” Many times he will criticize a person because they do not measure up to his standards, when he also does not measure up to other people’s standards. "They got a bang out of things, though in a half assed way, of course." Holden also got a “bang” out of things but he fails to notice the fact that he himself is the same way. What disturb Holden about the world in which he finds himself are adults and adult values. His immatureness plays in as a big factor because he fails to notice and act like a young adult. He complains, and criticizes other people for acting like a phony, when his immatureness proves that he is a phony. “You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were” “He was with some gorgeous blonde, and the two of them were trying to be very blasé and all, like as if he didn’t even know people were looking at him, modest as hell, I got a big bang out of it.” After Holden says phonies get big bang out of things, he tells the readers that he got a big bang out of watching the two actors. Readers find out very early that Holden is a very hypocritical person, and he fails to realize it, even through the end. “ Holden's disturbance was taken to be both his unique, personal gift and the fault of a hypocritical, uncaring society, one particularly indifferent to its more sensitive souls.”

The biggest characteristic that makes Holden Caulfield a phony is that he is a liar. “I’m a very good liar.” The fact that Holden admits, and knows that he is a good liar is the biggest problem. Whenever he is in trouble, or in a situation that does not favor him, he will lie and avoid the situation. He is also afraid to tell the truth or admit to the truth. He will always lie for his advantage. "Then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket, just to stop lying. Once i get started I can go on for hours if I feel like it." He can criticize, and complain about the “phonies” but many times, he will just lie to the “phonies” so he doesn’t look like a phony. But in all, Holden Caulfield is a phony. “His mental breakdown is a direct result of his inability to come to terms with adult reality.” “Holden’s psychologically disturbed state has been advanced as the source both of his insight and of his lack of insight.”

February 14 — peer review
__List the names of at least three of your classmates whose first drafts you read and commented upon:__ (5 points)

1) 2) 3)

At this point, begin revising your draft and come up with a second rough draft.

February 19 — final rough draft
Submit a paper copy of your final draft of the body to the teacher. (20 points)

Throughout the story, the reader will read in almost every page about Holden criticizing another person. Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life. As Holden said in chapter 8, "Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pency, in the whole crumby history of the place." Holden is quick to pass strong perspectives on others but he does not realize that many of his judgments on one person will be similar to a judgment he made on another person. Which displays Holden’s immatureness, and phoniness. At many times Holden is immature. He fails to react or even think like an adult in “pressured” situations. If the outcome is not what he wanted, he will quickly come up with an excuse or criticism to make it seem so that it was not his fault of any kind. He is quick to criticize a person for any reason. Holden admits to this when he says in chapter 15, “I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them.” This describes the problems Holden is facing upon himself. No matter what the person is doing, Holden will find a way to criticize them, “you could tell they all wanted to go to the movies, I couldn’t stand looking at them.” He may be criticizing the “phonies” but Holden doesn’t realize that it is him who is turning into a phony by strongly disliking, and criticizing people, many who he does not know. “Holden’s viewpoint is as limited as that of Hazlitt's young man who thinks that he will never die.” Many of Holden’s comments are complaints, complaints about the world not being “perfect” as he wants it to be. His criticism can be viewed as a way of Holden expressing his upset feelings. Holden is a hypocritical person; many times he will criticize a person when he has had the same experience. Holden will frequently act as the same way he criticized about a person. “In a similar fashion he passes harsh verdicts on people who do not measure up to his standards of taste and urban sophistication.” Many times he will criticize a person because they do not measure up to his standards, when he also does not measure up to other people’s standards. "They got a bang out of things, though in a half assed way, of course." Holden also got a “bang” out of things but he fails to notice the fact that he himself is the same way. What disturb Holden about the world in which he finds himself are adults and adult values. His immatureness plays in as a big factor because he fails to notice and act like a young adult. He complains, and criticizes other people for acting like a phony, when his immatureness proves that he is a phony. “You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were” “He was with some gorgeous blonde, and the two of them were trying to be very blasé and all, like as if he didn’t even know people were looking at him, modest as hell, I got a big bang out of it.” After Holden says phonies get big bang out of things, he tells the readers that he got a big bang out of watching the two actors. Readers find out very early, and often that Holden is a very hypocritical person, and he fails to realize it, even through the end. “ Holden's disturbance was taken to be both his unique, personal gift and the fault of a hypocritical, uncaring society, one particularly indifferent to its more sensitive souls.”

The biggest characteristic that makes Holden Caulfield a phony is that he is a liar. “I’m a very good liar.” The fact that Holden admits, and knows that he is a good liar is the biggest problem. Whenever he is in trouble, or in a situation that does not favor him, he will lie and avoid the situation. He is also afraid to tell the truth or admit to the truth. Truth is something Holden cannot face or stand up to in the story. When his teacher implies to him that he is riding for a terrible fall, Holden says he understands when he clearly does not. He does not realize that his life is filled with phoniness, immatureness, and characteristics which all measures into Holden’s life being a mess. He will always lie for his advantage.  "Then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket, just to stop lying. Once I get started I can go on for hours if I feel like it."  He can criticize, and complain about the “phonies” but many times, he will just lie to the “phonies” so he doesn’t look like a phony. But in all, Holden Caulfield is a phony. “His mental breakdown is a direct result of his inability to come to terms with adult reality.” “Holden’s psychologically disturbed state has been advanced as the source both of his insight and of his lack of insight.” His insights are often wrongful judgments about somebody whom he does not even know. In all, Holden lies to get out of reality, and to avoid reality of his own life.

February 21 — rough draft of conclusion paragraph
__Please type **(or link to)** the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here__: (5 points)

In conclusion, readers can agree that Holden Caulfield is a phony. He criticizes many people on their actions, behaviors, and even looks but he fails to realize that he is just like them. Not only did he fail to realize he is a phony, he failed to notice that he was a hypocritical person. Many times, he criticizes a person for their actions, when he can relate on doing something very similar. The biggest characteristic that makes him a phony is that he is a liar. He often lies to get out of reality, trouble and truth. Throughout the story, he lies to many people so he can either talk to them, or make them go away. Holden Caulfield has all the characteristics to make him a phony, and he displays them throughout the story. Holden’s poor ability to judge a person

February 22 — final draft of conclusion paragraph
Revise your conclusion paragraph and present a copy to your teacher today. __Also, please type **(or link to)** the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here__: (10 points)

February 25 — Works Cited Page due
Turn in a paper copy of your works cited page to your teacher today! __Link to the Word document of your works cited page here__: (20 points)

Lundquist, James. "J.D. Salinger." __J.D. Salinger__ 1.1979 1. 8 February 2008 .

Marple, Anne. ""Salinger's Oasis of Innocence"." 1961 22-23. 20.February.2008 http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&locID=lans23427.

February 27 — CRITICAL PAPER DUE!!!
Turn in the final draft of critical paper TODAY, including: a) note cards b) outline of body c) all rough drafts d) completed checklist, signed e) final draft of paper, typed, double spaced (5-7 pgs.) f) final works cited / references page

(100 points)

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