“The Catcher in the Rye”

1. “The Catcher in the Rye” Introduction

2. What Would You Do? (copy on left) • Think about the following prompt and then respond to it (it will make sense later) • What would you do if you walked into a room and you realized you had a piece of dog poop on your head? You cannot take it off your head. You cannot have someone else take the dog poop off your head. • What would you do?

3. J.D. Salinger

4. Jerome David Salinger (Jan. 1919- ) 90 Years Old • an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye as well as his reclusive nature. He has not published an original work since 1965 and has not been interviewed since 1980. • Raised in Manhattan, New York, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1951 Salinger released his first novel, The Catcher in the Rye, 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 novel remains widely read, selling around 250,000 copies a year. • The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny; Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection Nine Stories (1953), a collection of two novellas : Franny and Zooey (1961), and another collection of novellas: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924," appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. • Afterwards, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton and the release in the late 1990s of memoirs written by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard , an ex-lover; and Margaret Salinger, his daughter.

5. Books Stories • The Catcher in the Rye (1951) • Nine Stories (1953) • "A Perfect Day for Bananafish” (1948) • "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” (1948) • "Just Before the War with the Eskimos” (1948) • "The Laughing Man” (1949) • "Down at the Dinghy” (1949) • "For Esmé with Love and Squalor” (1950) • "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes” (1951) • "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period” (1952) • "Teddy” (1953) • Franny and Zooey (1961) • Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) • "Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters" (1955) • "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959) • "Go See Eddie” (1940, republished in Fiction: Form & Experience, ed. William M. Jones, 1969) • "The Hang of It” (1941, republished in The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1943) • "The Long Debut of Lois Taggett” (1942, republished in Stories: The Fiction of the Forties, ed. Whit Burnett, 1949) • "A Boy in France” (1945, republished in Post Stories 1942-45, ed. Ben Hibbs, 1946) • "This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise” 1945, republished in, 1959) • "A Girl I Knew” (1948, republished in Best American Short Stories 1949, ed. Martha Foley, 1949) • "Slight Rebellion off Madison” (1946, republished in 2000) • "The Young Folks” (1940) • "The Heart of a Broken Story” (1941) • "Personal Notes of an Infantryman” 1942) • "The Varioni Brothers” (1943) • "Both Parties Concerned” (1944) • "Soft Boiled Sergeant” (1944) • "Last Day of the Last Furlough” (1944) • "Once a Week Won't Kill You” (1944) • "Elaine” (1945) • "The Stranger” (1945) • "I'm Crazy” (1945) • "A Young Girl in 1941 with No Waist at All” (1947) • "The Inverted Forest” (1943) • "Blue Melody” (1948) • "Hapworth 16, 1924” (1964)

6. Rye (on the left) Rye= a grass grown cereal grain; crop. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskies, some vodkas, and animal fodder (feed). It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries, or by being rolled/ Rye is a cereal and should not be confused with ryegrass which is used for lawns and hay for livestock.

7. Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions (write on the left side of notes)

8. Turn to page 5 of your packet and copy down the questions from chapters 1-4 on the left side of the paper.

9. After learning about the author, reading the title, and reading the comprehension questions write your predictions of what you think this book is going to be about. What is going to be the overall theme? What kind of characters will be introduced? What tone will be represented? What else can you predict? Predictions

10. David CopperfieldAllusion  CHARLES DICKENS ‘ Character • The protagonist and narrator of the novel. David is innocent, trusting, and naïve even though he suffers abuse as a child. He is idealistic and impulsive and remains honest and loving. Though David's troubled childhood renders him sympathetic, he is not perfect. He often exhibits chauvinistic attitudes toward the lower classes. In some instances, foolhardy decisions mar David's good intentions.

11. Facts of 1940s If you have $100 Converted from 1940 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $1433.77 In 1940 a new house cost $3,920.00 and by 1949 was $7,450.00 In 1940 the average income per year was $1,725.00 and by 1949 was $2,950.00 In 1940 a gallon of gas was 11 cents and by 1949 was 17 cents In 1940 the average cost of new car was $850.00 and by 1949 was $1,420.00 More A few more prices from the 40's and how much things cost100 asprin 76 cents Philco Refrigerator $239.00 Pork Loin Roast per pound 45 cents Nylon Hose 20 cents New Emerson Bedroom Radio 1938 $19.65 Mens Suits from $24.50 Portable electric heater $42.50 Sealey Mattress $38.00

12. Forties Popular Culture The late 30's and The war in the 40's changed many things and one of those was how black sportsmen became popular heroes and paved the way for future generations, these included Joe Louis ( Boxer ), Jesse Jackson ( Runner ) and Jackie Robinson ( Baseball Player ). Some of the Most Well Known Movie Stars of the FortiesClark Gable couple of his films from the 40's The Hucksters and Bob Hope couple of his films from the 40's ; Bing Crosby couple of his films from the 40's; Humphrey Bogart couple of his films from the 40's ; Abbott and Costello couple of films from the 40's Rhythm and blues Music becomes popular and the beginnings of Rock and roll World War II 1940's The Forties were dominated by World War II , and after a long period of Economic Recession throughout the world, starting with Wall Street Crash in 1929 and through most of the 30's, the world would be a different place after the 2nd world war ended. As so often happens during war technological advances in any technology that is seen to provide some advantage jump in leaps and bounds the 40's provide some of the best examples The first ever use of a Nuclear Bomb during wartime when the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Major advancements in radar to help with tracking Enemy aircraft which after the war changed the aviation industry Jet Engines, Radar and Nuclear Fission technological advances due to the war Colossus, the world's first totally electronic and digital computer Inventions The Year Invented Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )45 rpm Record ----- 1949 USA Artificial Intelligence ----- 1947 England by Alan Turing Atomic Bomb ----- 1945 USA by Robert Oppenheimer's team Atomic Power ----- 1942 USA by Enrico Fermi's team creating first self-sustaining chain reaction Aqualung ----- 1943 France by J Cousteau and E Gagnon Automation ----- 1946 USA by Henry Ford Computer ----- 1948 England by Freddie William's team Guided Missile ----- 1942 Germany by Werner von Braun Long Playing Record LP ----- 1948 USA made of vinyl and played at 33 rpm Microwave Oven ----- 1946 USA by Percy L Spencer Mobile Phone ----- 1947 USA

13. The 50s A Bargain at Any Price By Jeff Little 1951 a gallon of gasoline 20 cents. In 1953 a typical house went for around $17,400. Postage was still 3 cents.T-bone steak was 95 cents a pound in 1954. nylon hose ($1.00) By 1956 the average American was making around $2.14 an hour variety of Ford automobiles that cost under $1,800. Bread was 19 cents a loaf in 1957. And milk was going for about $1.00 a gallon. http://www.loti.com/bargain_price.htm

14. Jan 27, 20091950's: Overview - About | Important Events of the 1950s Movies Sunset Boulevard, starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden; All about Eve, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Fiction Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles; Budd Schulberg, The Disenchanted; Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and Into the Trees. Popular Songs Bing Crosby, "Dear Hearts and Gentle People"; Red Foley, "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"; Eileen Barton, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"; Billy Eckstine, "My Foolish Heart"; Bill Snyder and His Orchestra, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"; Nat "King" Cole, "Mona Lisa"; Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, "Harbor Lights"; Betty Hutton and Perry Corno, "A Bushel and a Peck." Marilyn Monroe, twenty-four, makes her debut in John Huston's film The Asphalt Jungle. http://www.enotes.com/1950-american-decades-about/important-events/print

15. 1950s

16. 1950s Grippe-former name for the flu

17. Life in the 50s