Step 1

1. Step 1 • Put your bibliography cards in alphabetical order • Number them in the upper right-hand corner

2. 4 Luedtke, Luther S. “Robert Burns’ Poem ‘Comin’ Thro’ the Rye’ and Catcher.” Readings on The Catcher in the Rye. Ed. Steven Engel. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1998. 63-68.

3. 7 Salinger, J. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Greenhaven, 1972.

4. 10 Trowbridge, Clinton H. “Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye.” Readings on The Catcher in the Rye. Ed. Steven Engel. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1998. 42-51.

5. Primary Source Notecards • Topic in top left-hand corner • Label cards A, B, C to organize cards of same subject (topic) • Author in bottom right-hand corner • Page numbers down left-hand edge • In top right, number that corresponds to number on bibliography card

6. Primary Source Notecards • Direct quote or paraphrase from novel • Commentary, thoughts about quote • NOT A TRANSLATION • Continue on next card • New card ONLY with new topic • NO PLOT NOTES

7. Within Topic, card letter Bib Card # 7 Symbolism – Closure A Topic 4 – “I don’t care if it’s a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse.” - Holden’s obsession with closure is child-like and shows his desire for innocence. He can’t always have a ‘happy’ ending, but he wants an ending. 81-83 – Holden argues with cab driver about where the ducks go in winter - More concern with closure. Holden wants to Page numbers Author Salinger

8. Within Topic, card letter Bib Card # 7 Symbolism – Closure B Topic (81-83) know that everything has its place and is safe, that everyone has somewhere to go that is safe. He probably worries about himself having somewhere safe to go. Page numbers Salinger Author

9. Secondary Source Cards • Same basic idea as primary, except it is other people’s thoughts on the SAME literary elements • Commentary (yours) on the quotes is especially important to help you understand later what you were doing with the quote – why you copied it.

10. Secondary Source Cards • Use only quotes, NO paraphrases • Author of quote in bottom right • In top right, number that corresponds to number on bibliography card • Topic in top left • Change to a new card with new topic, new author, or both

11. Bib Card # Within Topic, card letter 10 Symbolism – “catcher” A Topic 45 – “The significance of the catcher image lies in three things. First, it is a savior image, and shows us the extent of Holden’s religious idealism. Second, it crystallizes for us Holden’s concept of good and evil…But finally, the image is based on a misunderstanding… Both Holden’s nihilistic view of life as it is and his notion of what life ought to be Page numbers Author Trowbridge

12. Within Topic, card letter Bib Card # Symbolism – “catcher” B 10 Topic (45) – are based on a misunderstanding of man’s place in the universe.” - Holden struggles to understand his place and role in the greater society. Page numbers Author Trowbridge

13. Within Topic, card letter Bib Card # Symbolism – “catcher” C 4 Topic • – [when Holden confesses he knew the Burns poem was “meet” and not “catch”] “Here for a moment Holden has stepped forward into the balanced perspective of his post-Christmas rest not merely to confess an earlier factual • error but to acknowledge that …he has grown in knowledge … and wisdom and understanding…Holden acknowledges Page numbers [would continue to new card] Author Luedtke