Soph Lit: Make sure you see me if you did not have enough time today in the lab and were not able to finish typing your Holden paper. Here is the assignment, FYI:
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE: Write Like Holden
Directions: Write a narrative essay about an incident that happened to you this year in school, and do so from Holden's point of view.
To start, think about an incident that remains especially vivid in your mind; choosing such a memory will make the writing a bit easier.
Next, write the incident using Holden's style and his philosophy of life.
Please include the following:
Holden's Style
slang
sarcasm
judgmental
repetition
exaggeration
digressions
addressing the reader directly
expressions such as "It really did," "I swear," "It's true. It really is," "If you really want to know the truth," and "I'm not kidding" to emphasis a point
frequent use of the expression "...and all"
an ambivalent* tone of both sadness and humor
Holden's Philosophy
disliking phonies
confusion about girls and sex
feeling isolated
sad about Allie's death
loves his sister
at moments very depressed, lonesome, and almost suicidal
A length of 2-3 double-spaced typed pages (or 5-7 double-spaced handwritten pages) would be appropriate for this assignment.
*"Ambivalent" means "the co-existence of two conflicting
feelings about a person, object, or idea," and "tone" means
"the feeling or mood suggested within the word choice of a
specific passage of writing."
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