AP: The Catcher in the Rye

AP: The Catcher in the Rye

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Study Questions for Catcher (42KB .doc file)

This document provides a rather lengthy list of questions to help you understand and analyze Salinger's novel. Stay tuned for more details from Ms. Glass on how we will be using these questions in class.

Published Aug 19, 2007 12:21 PM

PowerPoint: Lecture on the Post-War Era and J.D. Salinger (201KB .ppt file)

Published Mar 21, 2012 03:47 PM

Quizlet Flashcards: Important Passages in Chapters 1-10 in Catcher

Use these flashcards to help you review speaker, context, and significance of lines and passages from the first 10 chapters of The Catcher in the Rye.

Published Mar 23, 2011 09:53 PM

Quizlet Flashcards: Characters in Catcher

This set of flashcards can help you review character names and basic facts about each character in The Catcher in the Rye.

Published Mar 23, 2011 08:22 PM

Holden's New York: Interactive Map

This map traces Holden Caulfield's travels through New York City. Click on the "i" to see quotations from the novel that refer to each place.

Published Mar 24, 2011 01:17 PM

Slate article about answering Salinger's mail (and more)

Thanks to Taylor Spevak (class of '10) for forwarding this article to me. Juniors, I highly recommend reading it--it is interesting, entertaining, and enlightening regarding Salinger as a personality.

Published Feb 19, 2010 04:56 PM

NY Times Collection of Articles about J.D. Salinger

There are several very interesting articles about Salinger and Catcher available from this page. It will be especially useful to you if you choose the historical/biographical approach for your final timed writing on the novel.

Published Mar 9, 2009 03:52 PM

Critical Approaches Guiding Questions (44KB .doc file)

Use this handout to remind you of key terms and concepts from the PowerPoint and for taking notes in preparation for the timed writing on Catcher.

Published Feb 19, 2010 07:58 AM

Lecture on Critical Approaches (158KB .ppt file)

Please be sure to review this PowerPoint and come see me with any questions. It will be an important source of information in preparing you for Thursday's timed writing.

Published Feb 16, 2010 08:24 AM

An article about Salinger's reclusiveness, from BBC news

Published Feb 25, 2008 09:59 PM

Interesting article based on a rare interview with Salinger (20KB .pdf file)

Published Feb 25, 2008 09:58 PM

Comin' Thro' the Rye and Nothing Gold Can Stay (30KB .doc file)

We will discuss these poems and their thematic relationship to Catcher.

Published Mar 9, 2009 03:49 PM