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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.) NO

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 is extremely sensitive.

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, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, Holden Caulfield is extremely sensitive. All throughout the story Holden fantasizes about things he would do to someone, but never does it in reality because he is very cautious about hurting the persons feelings. He is more sensitive of others feelings while keeping his own emotions covered up. Deep down inside Holden is really protective and wants to prevent children from loosing their innocence.

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) He is sensitive about hurting others 2) He tries to keep his own emotions covered up 3) He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent 4) He thinks people might judge him

February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragraph 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)

Emotions, a thing that every living thing and being experiences. No matter how much you try, you will feel them. Many people try to hide their emotions, but, act out in a different way to express themselves, without even noticing. Holden Caulfield is the protagonist from The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger. He is extremely sensitive about everything going on in the world around him. He thinks the environment around him is unsafe and corrupted because he believes that's how the adult world is. All throughout the story, Holden displays acts of kindness and forgiveness for any actions that might have caused somebody else pain because he is very cautious about hurting people. He is more sensitive of others feelings while keeping his own emotions covered up. Sometimes he lets his emotions out however or reacts in different ways. Deep down inside Holden is really protective and wants to prevent children from loosing their innocence. He is a normal being with emotions, just like everyone else; he just is unique and likes being himself. At times we will feel insecure because he wants to fit in, but he gets over that idea quick enough to realize the world isn't what you think it to be. Deep down inside all he wants is for somebody to truly care about him. Many people mistake his sensitivity towards the world as crazyness.

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) The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield by Peter J. Seng 2) Holden Caulfield by Harold Bloom 3) The Catcher in the Rye Innocence Under Pressure by Sanford Pinsker


 * 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:"he is not only full of tenders toward his sister Phoebe and all children; he is touched by persons casually met on his pilgrimage- by the woman on the trains, by the girls in the night club, by the nuns in the station- and wants to make them happy. TITLE & PAGE:pg. 192 AUTHOR:Henry Anatole Grunwald SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

2) QUOTE: "Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life" Title & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

3) QUOTE: "He is enraged at the thought that Stradlater may have "made time" with Jane Gallagher." TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He is very emotional

4) QUOTE: "He sees that the world belongs to adults and it seems to him that they have filled it with phoniness, pretense, social compromise." TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

5) QUOTE: " He would prefer a world that is honest, sincere, simple" TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

6) QUOTE: "Holden's chief fantasy is built on this memory: he sees himself as the "catcher in the rye," the only adult in a world of children" TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

7) QUOTE: "He imagines himself living all alone in a cabin in the far west pretending to be a deaf-mute." TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

8) QUOTE: "the world he wants is a world of children or children-surrogates like the nuns." TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

9) QUOTE: " Holden has been rendered useless because the idol who gave it has fallen" TITLE & PAGE: The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield AUTHOR: Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

10) QUOTE: " What he wants, in effect, is to be a saint- the protector and savior of innocence." TITLE & PAGE: The Saint as a Young Man pg 65 AUTHOR: Jonathan Baumbach SUBTOPIC: He believes an adult's world is corrupt and a child's world is innocent

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: "Then all of a sudden, I started to cry. I couldn't help it. I did it so nobody could hear me, but i did it. PAGE NUMBER: 179 SUBTOPIC: He tries to keep his own emotions covered up

2) QUOTE:He took down his rich looking suitcase to make his friend feel better and not embarrassed because his suitcase was torn. PAGE NUMBER: SUBTOPIC: he is sensitive about hurting others.

3) QUOTE: "Somebody'd written "FU" on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I though how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how'd they wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them - all cockeyed, naturally- what it meant, and how they'd all //think// about it and maybe even //worry// about it for a couple of days. PAGE NUMBER: pg 201 SUBTOPIC: he is sensitive about hurting other peoples feelings.

4) QUOTE: "After they left, I started getting sorry that I'd only given then ten bucks for their collection." PAGE NUMBER: 113 SUBTOPIC: he is sensitive about hurting other peoples feelings.

5) QUOTE: " I was smoking a cigarette, and when I stood up to say good-by to them, by mistake I blew some smoke in their face" PAGE NUMBER: 113 SUBTOPIC: he is sensitive about hurting other peoples feelings.

6) QUOTE: " I made it very snappy on the phone because I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle of it" PAGE NUMBER: 175 SUBTOPIC: he tries to keep his emotions covered up

7) QUOTE: "I'd just about broken her heart- I really had. I was sorry as hell I'd kidded her. Some people you really shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it." PAGE NUMBER: 74 SUBTOPIC: he is sensitive about hurting others.

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(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)

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)

Holden is sensitive about hurting other people. Holden favors people that are simple, innocent, and not “phony”. To him almost everyone is phony, including his parents. His parents weren’t involved in his life growing up as much as he had wished. As a result, he didn’t feel safe and secure as he wants everyone around him to feel. His brother’s death had a great impact on his life and at times he is depressed about it. He doesn’t want anyone around him depressed so he tries not to do anything that might depress them. Holden wants everyone to be happy and tries not to do something to somebody that he wouldn’t want done to him, although he does at times. As of trying to fit in, Holden is also very insecure at times. He is sensitive about him being judged by others. He thinks people might think he is weird because he was raised differently from most people. His parents weren’t really involved in his life as much as most people so he had to learn to make do on his own. He had to learn right from wrong on his own since his parents didn’t help him notice the difference. Since he learned by himself, or is in the process of learning, he acts more immature then others. He is also younger then most people he talks to and he gets put down because of it sometimes. Sometimes Holden is insecure about his looks. He was wearing this hunting hat and first he didn’t care about it and then later he took it off because he felt awkward. Holden doesn’t want to be phony, but at the same time he wants to fit in. Holden has a lot going on in his life with getting kicked out of Pencey, losing his brother, and insecurity about himself in the world. At times he gets very emotional. "He is enraged at the thought that Stradlater may have "made time" with Jane Gallagher." (Peter J. Seng) Holden has gotten in a fight with Stradlater over it because he was extremely frustrated. After the fight, he tried to cover up his feelings about losing by trying to erase the whole fight out of his mind. Holden’s relationship with his parents isn’t the best either. "I made it very snappy on the phone because I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle of it." (Salinger, Page 75). He was in his house using the phone trying to hurry because he didn’t want his parents to come in and start yelling at him for getting kicked out of school. Phoebe is who Holden cares about the most in his family yet he still tries to act strong in front of her. "Then all of a sudden, I started to cry. I couldn't help it. I did it so nobody could hear me, but I did it.” (Salinger, Page 179) When he cried in front of Phoebe, he tried to cover up his feelings, even though it didn’t work. Holden doesn’t open up to people because he thinks that nobody will stay true to him or will judge him. He also does it to avoid the disappointment of the world. There’s a lot going on in the world around him, and he doesn’t want to be in pain because of it. "Somebody'd written "FU" on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how'd they wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them - all cockeyed, naturally- what it meant, and how they'd all //think// about it and maybe even //worry// about it for a couple of days.” (Salinger, Page 201) To Holden, the world of an adult is corrupt and a child's world is innocent. He thinks that an adult came into the school and wrote FU all over the wall. “What he wants, in effect, is to be a saint- the protector and savior of innocence." (Baumbach, Page 65) "He is not only full of tenders toward his sister Phoebe and all children; he is touched by persons casually met on his pilgrimage- by the woman on the trains, by the girls in the night club, by the nuns in the station- and wants to make them happy.” (Grunwald, Page 192) Holden see children as happy and joyful. They take everything as it comes and they are not “phony” in his mind. Adults however, are corrupt and they can not stick to their priorities and are all for themselves. A very important example is his parents. It was their job to raise him, but they weren’t there for him when he needed them the most. Holden is extremely nice to people he considers to be innocent like children and nuns. He feels it is his job to be like the catcher in the rye and watch out for everyone.
 * “**** I was smoking a cigarette, and when I stood up to say good-by to them, by mistake I blew some smoke in their face" (Salinger, Page 113). ** He felt extremely bad about blowing smoke in a nun’s face because that was very rude and he thinks he just tried making up for one thing that he did was wrong by giving the nuns money but messed it up by blowing smoke in her face. He apologizes like a “madman” to somebody if he does something he thinks is out of line. "I'd just about broken her heart- I really had. I was sorry as hell I'd kidded her. Some people you really shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it." (Salinger, Page 74). This time Holden had lied and joked around to this one girl and she didn’t say she was upset, but he saw it in her, and felt bad about it. Holden also tries to watch out for other people’s feelings by trying to help them out. At one point Holden took down his suitcase to make his friend feel better and not embarrassed because his suitcase was torn. Everyone, including Holden, in Pencey comes from wealthy homes so he wanted his friend to fit in and not feel like he was lower then somebody else because of his suitcase. Overall, Holden is protective of other people and their emotions.

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) joy mayfield 2) josh castro 3) teresa tran

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)

February 21 — rough draft of conclusion paragraph
__Please type **(or link to)** the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here__: (5 points) Sensitivity is the best and the worst thing about Holden Caulfield. He is sensitive about hurting others because he has been put down a lot, and still gets put down. Emotions sometimes take him over even though he tried his best to keep them covered up and many people judge him, in his mind, and he gets insecure about it at times. A simple and innocent world with good hearted people like children is his greatest desire because he is fed up with phonies. All these emotions and feelings in Holden’s head is making him even more sensitive, and that is why he is so indifferent because he tries not to express himself, but does it in a different way by what he says or does.

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)

Sensitivity is the best and the worst thing about Holden Caulfield. He is sensitive about hurting others because he has been put down a lot, and still gets put down. Emotions sometimes take him over even though he tried his best to keep them covered up and many people judge him and he gets insecure about it at times. A simple and innocent world with good hearted people like children is his greatest desire because he is fed up with phonies. All these emotions and feelings in Holden’s head is making him even more sensitive, and that is why he is so indifferent because he tries not to express himself, but does it in a different way by what he says or does.

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) Henry, Grunwald A. __Salinger__. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1962.

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)

March 5 — TURN IT IN (dot com)
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