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| J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye: Resources for further study | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J. D. Salinger Home Page | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Persuasive Argumentation Links | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Task 1: Are Holden's arguments persuasive? Why or why not? Read the links on "Persuasion" and then write a short essay, 250-500 words in response to the question. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Persuasion Analysis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How to Write a Letter | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contemporary Literary Theory | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Task 2: Read the link above then, find one example in Catcher for each numbered feature of contemporary Theory that illustrates the point. Number a page and list your findings. For number 10, write a paragraph about how this exercise helped you or not get abetter understanding of the novel. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Banned Books and Censorship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Task 3: Read the handout on the history of the censorship of Catcher and then write a letter, first posing the rhetorical situation of your chosing, that argue for or against keeping this novel in the curriculum at this High School. Follow the conventions of the genre of letter writing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Progaganda: The power of Persuasion | |||||||||||||||||||||