Josh+Castro's+Critical+Paper

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January 31 — select a topic
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Catcher is largely autobiographical (5 points)

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)

The famous author, J.D Salinger, created Holden Caulfield in the novel "The Catcher in the rye". In the novel there are many similarities on how J.D Salinger, created Holden Caulfield as an autobiographical character. The main character Holden is very similar to J.D salinger because they both had the same trouble in school, trouble with they're parents/society, and they both have a tendancy toward reclusiveness.

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)Personal issues 2)Issues with society 3)Both have a tendancy toward reclusiveness

February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragrpah tell 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) Jerome David Salinger born on January 1st 1919 was a brilliant writer, he wrote short stories for newspaper articles about Holden Caufield, later he decided to take it a step foward and create a book on Holden's growing pains known as "the catcher in the rye". In the novel there are many similarities on how J.D Salinger, created Holden Caulfield as an autobiographical character. The main character Holden is very similar to J.D salinger because they both had multiple personal issues, issues with society, and they both have a tendancy toward reclusiveness.

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)Salinger than and now josh castro 2)http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/64156/jd_salinger_and_holden_caulfield_of.html 3)http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/J_D_Salinger_-_Life/id/1519614

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 ten 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:After dropping out of Ursinus, he went to other [|schools] only to fail again and again, and finally ended up at Columbia University TITLE & PAGE:J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC: Personal issues

2) QUOTE:both, Salinger and Holden were born and raised in Manhattan, and went to preppy private, all-boys [|schools] in Pennsylvania TITLE & PAGE:J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC:Personal issues

3) QUOTE: sneaking out of school at night, getting drunk from time to time TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle mori SUBTOPIC:Personal issues

4) QUOTE:his mother was Catholic. He wasn't very happy that his mother had been lying to him throughout his life, and in the book, he shares how Holden has mixed feelings about Catholics TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle mori SUBTOPIC:issues with society

5) QUOTE:Finally, another similarity is that Salinger was involved in [|World War II] and was sent [|home] because he suffered from combat [|stress] reaction, while Holden says he wouldn't be able to stand going into [|war] and would rather die by sitting on the atom bomb (183). This part of, "The Catcher in the Rye," shows Salinger's dislike of his service time in the war. TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle mori SUBTOPIC:issues with society

6) QUOTE:Another real life experience that J.D. Salinger seems to have included into his novel is that someone he loved turned him down for a much older man. In 1941, Salinger became romantically involved with Oona O'Neill, A year later, Salinger was whisked off to fight in World War II, from where he sent Oona letters almost daily. Unfortunately for Salinger, Oona met Charlie Chaplin, the actor, producer and director, when she was recommended to [|play] a role in one of his movies. The pair fell in love, and married in 1943, despite Oona's father disapproving the idea of his eighteen year-old [|daughter] marrying a fifty-four year old man. Salinger was crushed, Salinger created Holden to have a hatred for Hollywood. TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC:issues with society

7) QUOTE:In the book, Holden hates being in social environments and having to talk to people,J.D. Salinger is exactly the same. He does not enjoy being in the public or having anyone know what is going on in his life. TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC:tendancy toward reclusiveness

8) QUOTE:Salinger is known to not have published another [|book] after, "Catcher in the Rye," even though he still writes [|books] and short stories. He dislikes the attention he gets for [|writing] a popular book, and it drives him to stay away from anyone from the press. TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye" AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC:itendancy toward reclusiveness

9) QUOTE:Salinger and Holden are also similar because of their many failed attempts to find a meaningful, lasting relationship with a woman. The failed [|relationships] in Holden's life include Sally Hayes, Jane Gallagher, three older [|women] in a lounge, and the prostitute, Sunny. On the other hand, Salinger's situation was not much better. His first love, Oona, left him, and his first two marriages ended in [|divorce] (Salinger, Margaret). AUTHOR:Kyle Mori SUBTOPIC:personal issues (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 kicked me out. i wasn't supposed to come back after christmas vacation, on account of i was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all." PAGE NUMBER:4 SUBTOPIC:Personal issues

2) QUOTE:"im sort of glad that they've got the atomic bomb invented. If theres ever another war, im going to sit right the hell on top of it." PAGE NUMBER:141 SUBTOPIC:issues with society

3) QUOTE:"thats why im glad those two nuns didnt ask me if i was a catholic, it would have spoiled the conversation. PAGE NUMBER:113 SUBTOPIC:issues with society

4) QUOTE:" i sort of hated old sally by the time we got in the cab, after listening to that phony andover bastard for about ten hours" PAGE NUMBER: SUBTOPIC:

5) QUOTE:"All of a sudden then, I wanted to get the hell out of the room. I could feel a terrific lecture coming on. I didn't mind the idea so much, but I didn't feel like being lectured to and smell Vicks Nose Drops and look at old Spencer in his pajamas and bathrobe all at the same time. I really didn't." PAGE NUMBER:14 SUBTOPIC:tendency towards reclusiveness

6) QUOTE:"If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I think about it. I'm sorry I told so many people about it…Don't ever tell anybody anything." PAGE NUMBER:214 SUBTOPIC:tendency towards reclusiveness

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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) I. Jerome David Salinger born on January 1st 1919 was a brilliant writer, he wrote short stories for newspaper articles about Holden Caufield, later he decided to take it a step foward and create a book on Holden's growing pains known as "the catcher in the rye". In the novel there are many similarities on how J.D Salinger, created Holden Caulfield as an autobiographical character. The main character Holden is very similar to J.D salinger because they both had multiple personal issues, issues with society, and they both have a tendancy toward reclusiveness.

II. Personal issues A. :After dropping out of Ursinus, he went to other [|schools] only to fail again and again, and finally ended up at Columbia University B. iSalinger and Holden are also similar because of their many failed attempts to find a meaningful, lasting relationship with a woman. C. Secondary Source Quote #3 D. "They kicked me out. i wasn't supposed to come back after christmas vacation, on account of i was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all." E. " i sort of hated old sally by the time we got in the cab, after listening to that phony andover bastard for about ten hours" F. Primary Source Quote #2

III. Issues with society A. Another real life experience that J.D. Salinger seems to have included into his novel is that someone he loved turned him down for a much older man. In 1941, Salinger became romantically involved with Oona O'Neill, A year later, Salinger was whisked off to fight in World War II, from where he sent Oona letters almost daily. Unfortunately for Salinger, Oona met Charlie Chaplin, the actor, producer and director, when she was recommended to [|play] a role in one of his movies. The pair fell in love, and married in 1943, despite Oona's father disapproving the idea of his eighteen year-old [|daughter] marrying a fifty-four year old man. Salinger was crushed, Salinger created Holden to have a hatred for Hollywood. B. his mother was Catholic. He wasn't very happy that his mother had been lying to him throughout his life, and in the book, he shares how Holden has mixed feelings about Catholics C. Finally, another similarity is that Salinger was involved in [|World War II] and was sent [|home] because he suffered from combat [|stress] reaction, while Holden says he wouldn't be able to stand going into [|war] shows Salinger's dislike of his service time in the war. D. "In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. Some of the good ones do, in a very slight way, but not in a way that's [|fun] to watch. And if any actor's good, you can always tell he knows he's good, and that spoils it." E. "thats why im glad those two nuns didnt ask me if i was a catholic, it would have spoiled the conversation. F. "im sort of glad that they've got the atomic bomb invented. If theres ever another war, im going to sit right the hell on top of it."

IV. tendancy toward reclusiveness A. In the book, Holden hates being in social environments and having to talk to people,J.D. Salinger is exactly the same. He does not enjoy being in the public or having anyone know what is going on in his life. B. Salinger is known to not have published another [|book] after, "Catcher in the Rye," even though he still writes [|books] and short stories. He dislikes the attention he gets for [|writing] a popular book, and it drives him to stay away from anyone from the press. C. Primary Source Quote #7 D. "All of a sudden then, I wanted to get the hell out of the room. I could feel a terrific lecture coming on. I didn't mind the idea so much, but I didn't feel like being lectured to and smell Vicks Nose Drops and look at old Spencer in his pajamas and bathrobe all at the same time. I really didn't." E. If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I think about it. I'm sorry I told so many people about it…Don't ever tell anybody anything." F. Primary Source Quote #10 V. Conclusion

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)

Josh Castro Mrs Jacobson pd 8 English 26 February 2008 The perfect match The famous author, J.D Salinger, the author of "The Catcher in the rye", created a story that has been greatly inspired by his own life. Holden Caulfield a high class teenager much like J.D Salinger is the main character in this novel. The book takes you through Holdens many adventures from a private school in Pennsylvania to central park in New York. Within it you see that Holden goes through many of the same growing pains and looks at things in the same perspective as Salinger does. This and many other similar ideas show how Salinger wrote The Catcher In the rye as an autobiographical story.. The main character Holden is very similar to J.D salinger because they both had the same personal issues, issues with society, and they both have a tendency toward reclusiveness. Many similarities between Holden Caufield and J.D Salinger are that they have many of the same personal issues. Holden and Salinger’s education has many of the same positive and negative issues. Holden's story in The Catcher in the Rye starts with Holden attending Pencey prep, which is a boarding school. He was sent there by his parents, who seemed to have been fading away from his life after Holden was kicked out of numerous schools. On a very similar note, after failing out of numerous schools and being called one of the worst English students, Salinger's parents sent him to Valley Forge Military School, where he had a neighbor who always seemed to be barging in, who showed a striking resemblance to Ackley in the story. In the story we learn that that Holden is the son of wealthy parents from New York, J.D. Salinger was also born in New York to upper-class parents. Salinger and Holden are also similar because of their many failed attempts at finding a trustworthy long lasting relationship with a woman. Holden is very different from other men in that time, he respects women and looks for relationships but every time he tries he fails. His failed relationship attempts include the one with Sally Hayes, Jane Gallagher, the three older women in the lounge, and the prostitute, Sunny. On the other hand, Salinger's situation was not much better. His first love, Oona, left him, and his first two marriages ended in a divorce. With this evidence it Is simple to see that they both have a record with failed love attempts. It looks as if Salinger wanted to express the pain and desperation he feels in losing so many relationships in his life through Holden's many failed attempts of creating relationships. Throughout the story you see Holden criticize society a significant amount of times, Salinger used Holden as a model of himself telling people what he thinks about society. In the story Holden expresses that his older brother, D.B., sold himself out by writing scripts for movies instead of pursuing a serious literature career. He also believes that actors and actresses in movies and plays seem too phony. When he encounters good actors, he then argues that they are too good at what they do and seem too confident. "In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. Some of the good ones do, in a very slight way, but not in a way that's fun to watch. And if any actor's good, you can always tell he knows he's good, and that spoils it."(117) Salinger also hated movie actors, the reason for this is because Salinger lost his first love Oona O'Neill to Charlie Chaplin which was a big movie actor at the time of Salinger. Salinger and holden are also alike because hey both have mixed feelings about Catholics. Salinger first thought both of his parents were Jewish, but as she was growing up, soon after his bar mitzvah he found out that his mother was a catholic. He wasn't very happy that his mother had been lying to him throughout his life, and in the book, he shares how Holden has mixed feelings about Catholics. He says they're always trying to figure out if he's Catholic, and thinks they would like him more if he was catholic. "That’s why I’m glad those two nuns didn’t ask me if i was a catholic, it would have spoiled the conversation.”(113). “Another similarity between the two is that they both hate war. Salinger was sent to Germany and participated in d-day in Normandy, there he suffered from combat stress reaction and was sent home” (Bloom, 3-7) In the book holden states that he would hate going into war and that he would rather die sitting by an atom bomb. "I’m sort of glad that they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war, I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it."(141) That shows Salinger's dislike of his service time in the war. It seems Salinger hated being in the army not because he had to shoot and kill people, but because of what kind of people in the army he had to be surrounded by. (Mori, par.9) Holden and Salinger also share the common reclusive ideology that being alone and away from everyone is the way they want to live. Holden hates being in social environments and having to talk to people. It seems like there is something about everyone Holden meets that he doesn’t like because he always ends up cutting the conversation with the other person by either insulting them or leaving the room. An example of this is when Holden’s teacher Mr. Spencer is talking to him. He starts out just listening to Mr. Spencer but as time progressed he began giving holden a lecture about taking school serious then Holden thought to himself about how he wanted to leave the room and not talk to Mr. Spencer anymore.” All of a sudden then, I wanted to get the hell out of the room. I could feel a terrific lecture coming on. I didn't mind the idea so much, but I didn't feel like being lectured to and smell Vicks Nose Drops and look at old Spencer in his pajamas and bathrobe all at the same time. I really didn't."(14). Salinger is exactly the same because he does not like to socialize with other people, participate in Interviews, be out in public, or have anyone knowing about what is going on in his personal life. Also, Holden and Salinger remark that now that they told the people their story they wish they hadn’t. "If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I think about it. I'm sorry I told so many people about it…Don't ever tell anybody anything."(214) says Holden at the end of the book. Salinger has not published another book since the catcher in the rye but still continues to write short stories and books for himself. He greatly dislikes getting attention for published books. Holden and Salinger's behavior shows that, they like writing their stories out but hate getting attention for It. The mentality of being away from everyone is also a main similarity between Holden and Salinger. Holden has the dream that he wants to move out west away from everyone and live in a place far from society “.I"ll be away. I'll probably be in Colorado on this ranch."(166). This is the description of how Salinger has been living his life, in a cabin house in New England. This shows that they both want to get away from pressures being put on them from everything. In The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield shows many of the same issues J.D Salinger had such as having many of the same personal issues like getting kicked out of numerous schools, issues with society like disliking war, showing a tendency toward reclusivness like preferring to be alone and away from everyone and multiple other similarities show that This story was greatly influenced by Salingers life making the story an autobiographical story.

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)woo leee 2)joy 3)ellen

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)

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) Mori, Kyle. "Just How Similar was Salinger's Life to Holden's?." __associated content__ Sep 28, 2006 28 February 2008 .

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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