3/12 J. D. Salinger’s The
Catcher in the Rye
· Para-
e.g.
parade
paragraph
parameter
demonstrate (v.)
demonstration (n.)
-eum, ium
e.g.
museum
colosseum
aquarium
se- is the prefix standing for apart from
e.g
separate
select
seclude
seclusive
exclude
include
seclude
· He is surprised to see that.
I am bored
for something very boring.
I feel embarrassed
about something embarrassing.
·
Holden Caulfield à pun
encounter: face
·
Prep prepare school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary
school, either public or private, designed to prepare students for a college or
university education. Some schools will also include a junior, or elementary
school.
fetch the cab
lagoon: A lagoon is
a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.
Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons. They have also been
identified as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel coastlines.
check into the room
bizarre: Something that is bizarre is
very odd and strange.
vulgarity: If you describe
something as vulgar, you think it is in bad taste or of poor artistic quality.
You are lame.
The Platters was one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a
bridge between the pre-rock Tin
Pan Alley tradition and the
burgeoning new genre. The act went through several personnel changes, with the
most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch,
Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor.
l Great books online:
1.
Gutenberg
2.
Bartleby.com
3.
Electronic text Center University Virginia library
4. Wikisource
l Jerome David "J. D."
Salinger was an American
writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than
a
half-century. In 1951, his novel The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular
success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the
protagonist Holden
Caulfield was
influential, especially among adolescent readers.
· “ The mark of the immature
man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man
is that he wants to live humbly for one.” (Wilhelm Stekel, ch24)
·
The social novel, also
known as the social problem (or social protest) novel, is a "work of fiction in
which a prevailing social problem, such as gender,
race, or class prejudice, is dramatized through its effect on the
characters of a novel". More
specific examples of social problems that are addressed in such works, include poverty,
conditions in factories and mines, the plight of child labor, violence against
women, rising criminality, and epidemics because of over-crowding, and poor
sanitation in cities.
·
Samuel Ullman was an American
businessman, poet, and humanitarian. He is best known
today for his poem Youth that was a favorite of General Douglas
MacArthur.
Facilitated (v.) To facilitate an action or process,
especially one that you would like to happen, means to make it easier or more
likely to happen.
·
Antihero: An antihero is a main character in a story that lacks conventional
heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.
Do not take the
Lord’s name in vain.
·
Leukemia: is a group of cancers that
usually begins in the bone marrow and results in high numbers of
abnormal white blood cells.
Anemia: is usually defined as a decrease in the amount of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood. It can also be defined as a
lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.
Ch5 Allie’s
baseball mitt
Ch7 depressed,
loneliness, lonesome
made the cold
shivers
·
A red-hunting hat
Mark
David Chapman is an
American prison inmate who pleaded guilty to murdering John
Lennon on December 8, 1980. Chapman fired at Lennon five times,
hitting him four times in his back. Chapman remained at the scene reading J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye until the police arrived and arrested
him. Chapman repeatedly said that the novel was his statement.
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