Holden Caulfield's Goddam War

Read the article – Holden Caulfield’s Goddam War from BB. Choose two interesting points from it and add them to the discussion board on BB.

Week 2 Homework

Re-read Chapter 9 of The Catcher in the Rye. Tell the story of what happens in this chapter using third person narration. Use the narrative voice and possibly the thoughts of the other characters to reveal your feelings about Holden at this point. Position your reader to view Holden in the way you choose. Do you want readers to view him as a lonely adolescent with whom they should sympathise, as a loser and a dropout or in some other way.

Term 2 Week 1 Homework

Chapters 4 - 6

Write a description of the incident between Holden and Stradlater from Stradlater’s point of view. Try to give Stradlater a unique voice – different from Holden’s but essentially adolescent.

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