Aim: To analyze symbolism and metaphor in The Catcher in the Rye.

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Aim To analyze symbolism and metaphor in The
Catcher in the Rye. Do Now Take out your
notes on participles, gerunds, and infinitives
for the grammar test.
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Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, c
haracterization, structure, point of view, etc.)
or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, fig
urative language, etc.) used by J.D. Salinger in
The Catcher in the Rye. Using at least three
specific details from chapters 1-11, in a 300-500
word essay, show how Salinger uses that element
or technique to develop Holden Caulfield as a
round character (a character who has multiple,
complex traits that make him seem like a
realistic human being).
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Review The Catcher in the Rye quiz for 7-11.
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Aim To analyze metaphor and symbolism in The
Catcher in the Rye. Do Now Take out your
notes for the open notes quiz on chapters 12-14.
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Take out your notebook. Copy the following
quote into your notes "I live in New York, and
I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park,
down near Central Park South. I was wondering if
it would be frozen over when I got home, and if
it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering
where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy
and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a
truck and took them away to a zoo or something.
Or if they just flew away."
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Where do the ducks go? Why does Holden ask this
question?
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Holden's question is actually a metaphor.
What is a metaphor?
While you are watching the video, answer the
following questions 1. Make a list of things
you see. 2. What season (winter, spring,
summer, fall) do you think is show in the
video? 3. How would you describe the mood
(feeling you get from it - happy, sad, carefree,
worried, troubled, relaxed, etc.) of the video?
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childhood
adulthood
noon
evening
summer
fall
death
birth
night
dawn
spring
winter
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When Holden asks where the ducks go in the
winter, he is really asking what happens...
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How is Holden wearing the hat? How does Holden
feel while wearing the hat? 21-22 37-38 45 52
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Forwards
Backwards
Flaps down
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What is symbolism?
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Think of symbolism as a ladder.
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Roses often act as symbols of ______________?
Why?
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How does Holden characterize Allie Caulfield? p.
38
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Aim To analyze symbolism in The Catcher in the
Rye. Do Now Read page 38 and write down
descriptions of Allie (How does Holden
characterize Allie?)
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